How safe are authorized apps in Discord?
Should we remove all or certain ones that may seem unsafe given nowadays there may be novel ways hackers could gain access? For eg. here's a screenshot of Premint Login and Octodad apps - well i'm never going to remove Octodad that's for sure, he's cool.
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Hello!
For the most part authorized apps are safe IF (and only if) they are legitimate apps. However even then, an app can be hacked and a bad link could be pushed out tricking users to click on it. There's also bad actors impersonating an app.
A good trick I've learned to make sure you don't interreact with these fakes is to click on the legitimate app's profile and write a note. This note will appear every time you interact with that app. I always check the profile of the app before I authorize.
For the most part, the username, avatar, banner, member info, and servers, are all things people can get by clicking on your name in the Discord. So this isn't a concern. However knowing your email address can be a concern as they may send you phishing emails convincing you to click on links that take you to malicious websites.
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