How safe are authorized apps in Discord?

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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. ​ ​ Screenshot 2022-06-16 170404.png​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​


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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. authorized.png

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Ty Chesco!

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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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