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Elaborate on claims about danger of message loggers
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Commonly stated reasons are that they "violate user privacy" and "Discord's privacy policy and API terms", with multiple sources claiming usage of loggers poses a risk to your account.<ref name="bd-faq" /> | Commonly stated reasons are that they "violate user privacy" and "Discord's privacy policy and API terms", with multiple sources claiming usage of loggers poses a risk to your account.<ref name="bd-faq" /> | ||
While the morality of their usage is debatable, claims that message loggers are dangerous is nothing more than blatant disinformation. As all the functionality provided by these plugins is performed client-side, ''without interacting with the API or gateway'', it is simply impossible for these plugins to pose a risk by simply using them. | |||
Furthermore, Discord's Developer terms of service only apply to "access to and use of the [Discord] APIs"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discord.com/developers/docs/policies-and-agreements/developer-terms-of-service|title=Discord Developer Terms of Service}}</ref>. Since logger plugins | Furthermore, there have been no documented cases of users getting account banned for just for even revealing they use message loggers. As a result, such plugins still see wide usage across practically all client mods, even on those that officially prohibit them. | ||
Additionally, Discord's Developer terms of service only apply to "access to and use of the [Discord] APIs"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discord.com/developers/docs/policies-and-agreements/developer-terms-of-service|title=Discord Developer Terms of Service}}</ref>. Since logger plugins entirely rely on data the client ''already has'', these terms can't really be applied to them. | |||
The only applicable term from the terms of service would be the disallowing of modifying Discord services, which [[client mods]] themselves break. As this is not unique to message loggers, using this term to specifically single out message loggers is inappropriate as well. | |||
== Citations == | == Citations == | ||