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Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware (www.theverge.com)

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"Attackers, Trellix wrote, use the platform’s webhooks to pull data from victims’ computers and drop it into Discord channels run by the attackers."

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[-] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 6 points 10 months ago

Depends on how it's implemented. Anyone using a "media proxy" will see their discord bridged media probably fail to load (outside of possible caches) after a day. Anyone who has their bridge configured to reupload discord media to their homeserver should see no change.

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