I received messages about an account that wasn’t mine, to an email address that wasn’t even the one I used back when I still had Discord.

It seems to be them, their address is correct, and is properly signed as far as I can tell.

What is even going on here. Come on, Discord.

I got this too.

I have a Discord account. But I was never able to use it because they demanded that I enter a phone number. Can’t do that, I dont have a phone number for security reasons.

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And you can’t delete it without a phone number

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They don’t let you use an account without a phone number anymore? Oh wow

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You can, but I don’t know how/when they ask for it. When I changed my email on my main a couple months ago they asked for a number. When I changed the email of an alt recently they didn’t, which was weird.

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Either way, I’m glad I don’t use it anymore. So much unnecessary data collection

Lots of social medias require a phone number nowadays. If you don’t add a phone number, at best they annoy you everyday to “secure your account”, at worst you can’t even login.

It sucks.

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I remember Discord pestering me about it every now and then, but I could still use it without one.

As if that service needed to get any worse

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