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Americans- If you're thinking "this isn't so bad" please consider that all it takes is a teeny tiny, insignificant api added to the back end with absolutely no notice to users and suddenly the DHS has a database of dissenters, with cross-referenced IDs, photos of faces, chat history, link share history, raw uploaded photos, and approximate locations.
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☝️🤓 Discord said they're going to delete the data!
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The "someone" is referring to Discord, not you.I dig your Netscape avatar
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