What Discord Users Should Know About Scams, Malware, and Online Safety
Summary
An overview of Discord’s risks, including scam links, malware, harmful content, and harassment, with tips such as enabling 2FA, limiting messages, and avoiding unfamiliar links or files.
Key points
- Scammers may use links, QR codes, or off-platform login pages to trick users; malicious links can distribute remote access trojans.
- Discord’s file-filtering tools may miss some malicious files when they first appear.
- Children may encounter explicit content, and the article says the age-verification process can be bypassed.
- Discord reported taking action against 92,000 accounts in 2024, including disabling more than 19,000 for harassment or bullying.
- Enable two-factor authentication and adjust privacy settings to limit direct messages.
- Block and report suspicious users, and avoid unfamiliar links, code, or files.
Article Details
- Topic
- Discord’s platform features, common safety risks, and user precautions