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Re:Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft by 2iP1zbR on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @04:39PM (#26881312)
this is true, but also goes for every internet-connected service that i choose to use, as far as my IP address goes

i've been invited to random, huge discord servers to play just one game, and after the games over i usually leave the server unless i know everybody. i never have to worry about the server admin or one of his buddies deciding they didn't like me for whatever reason and DDOSing the shit out of me for weeks, forcing me to change my IP address because i didn't use a VPN.

that's just personal; it could even turn a profit if a professional gamer joined a server, several users recorded the IP address, bet against them in an upcoming game, then DDOS'd the shit out of them.

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Re:Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft by welterde on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @03:45AM (#26886518)
The game server admin also sees your IP address though? So unless you are only hanging out on discord and not actually playing you are still exposing your IP address.

Also only the voice server admin sees the IP address and not every user on the server, so your scheme wouldn't really work either.

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Re:Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft by 2iP1zbR on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:28AM (#26889388)
yes, i should have said "the voice server admin records the IP address" instead

i think game servers are a different subject, and they have their own buffet of problems

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