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Mantikafasi (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Plugin Release== EncryptDMs is a Aliucord plugin made by User:Mantikafasi in 26 November 2021. The plugin's primary goal was to make Discord DMs end-to-end encrypted, being sure that neither Discord nor anyone without the encryption keys could read the contents of the DMs. ==The Incident== After User:Mantikafasi pushed the first changes, even thought he didnt release the plugin, some individuals have acquired plugin through github repo with PluginDownloader....") |
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==Plugin Release== | ==Plugin Release== | ||
EncryptDMs is | EncryptDMs is an Aliucord plugin made by [[User:Mantikafasi]] on 26 November 2021. | ||
The plugin's primary goal was to | The plugin's primary goal was to encrypt Discord DMs end-to-end, ensuring that neither Discord nor anyone without the encryption keys could read their contents. | ||
==The Incident== | ==The Incident== | ||
After [[User:Mantikafasi]] pushed the first changes | After [[User:Mantikafasi]] pushed the first changes, some individuals acquired it through a GitHub repo with PluginDownloader despite him not yet officially releasing the plugin. (Those individuals had zero idea what they were doing.) | ||
[[File:EncryptDMs User Getting Banned.png|thumb|EncryptDMs user getting banned for spam]] | [[File:EncryptDMs User Getting Banned.png|thumb|EncryptDMs user getting banned for spam]] | ||
Because plugin was | Because the plugin was unfinished, it automatically started exchanging public keys when someone sent them. Whenever somebody shared their public key on a Discord server, all other people who had the plugin automatically responded with their public key. | ||
[[File:Vendicated getting confused.png|thumb|Vendicated getting confused when plugin sends public key all by itself]] | [[File:Vendicated getting confused.png|thumb|Vendicated getting confused when plugin sends public key all by itself]] | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
After several incidents | After several incidents, the text <code><ewd:publickey</code> was banned from the Aliucord server, and [[User:Mantikafasi]] pushed an update that removed the functionality of the plugin. | ||
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