Discord just got the privacy feature it probably should have had for years, introducing end-to-end encryption for very nearly every voice and video call

Discord has just announced that all voice and video calls that take place on its platform will now enjoy end-to-end encryption.

You may be forgiven for thinking the platform already had this in place, but that's not the case. The platform began 'experimenting' with end-to-end encryption back in 2023, but has only just made it the standard for almost every call.

I say 'almost' because the major exception is voice and video calls taking place on a server's stage channel. Otherwise, for standard server channels, the switch is automatic with no need to opt in. The company says that right now, "every voice and video call on Discord, whether in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, or Go Live streams, is end-to-end encrypted by default."

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