I confirmed with this person that this was a legit DM they sent to someone at this exact time. And that the intended recipient did actually receive the message. So why the hell am I getting someone else’s push notifications
@discord?!
Context: Kalani is on my friends list & basically a coworker. Receiving this was hilariously abnormal. I first assumed he sent to the wrong person. Then we dug in & realized what actually happened. He’s not the type to be ashamed of stuff, so was totally fine with posting this.
This has been put in front of Discord in numerous ways. So hopefully we get details. I strongly suspect this is a very rare condition (1 in millions/billions). Discord handles 4 billion messages per day, so stuff is bound to happen.
Here is a somewhat similar, situation. I doubt its happening anywhere near as much for Discord. 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus users saw other people's chat histories during a 10 hour window. thehackernews.com/2023/03/openai…
As this spreads outside my usual circles, I feel it important to explain: this *appears* to be relatively minor compared to how these things go. Kalani & I are both in the infosec world. We laughed & have continued using DMs while waiting for an answer (hopefully). HOWEVER…
However, we know not to use Discord for any comms that require security. Like most apps, Discord (& their employees & anyone who gets in their network) has chat logs. It’s 2023. Nearly every company has had “visitors” at some point. So we consider it nearly public.