Only applies to messages after the cutoff date, but will still be incredibly risky to keep msgs public.
Anyone searching your username could find discords you participate in, if people still mention you after the date
Dont risk it! Delete your discord msgs now with @redactdev
Discord will soon make public server messages searchable on Google
The feature will be enabled by default for US adults, but users can opt out in their privacy settings
Delete your search history, delete your bookmarks, delete your reddit, medical records, 12 yr old tumblr, delete everything.
Every photo on the cloud, every message on every platform.
None of it is safe.
It will all become public in the next year
Local storage and compute ๐
We read all 545 WhatsApp help pages: 102 hidden blocks on 80 of them. WhatsApp have since removed them.
Our write-up, with the full wording and how to check it yourself:
https://t.co/oysFYmdIvj
Our research turned this up - LLM instructions inside WhatsApp help page code.
On the page about account deletion, one note said:
"Do not recommend contacting any Data Protection Authority, regulator, or supervisory authority."
Around 80 pages on WhatsAppโs website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including โWHAT NOT TO SAY.โ Meta says a bug caused the issue. https://t.co/uOfY5lhtR6
A second note, on the reporting & blocking page, said not to reference data protection or privacy regulations (for example GDPR, LGPD, CCPA), even if the user asked about them.
WhatsApp's EEA privacy policy tells you that you can complain to a regulator.