Discord vs Signal
Based on our analysis, Signal is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Discord | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | C+ · 58/100 | A · 87/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (52) | Positive (88) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (55) | Positive (88) |
| What you can do | Positive (72) | Mixed (78) |
| What they promise | Positive (65) | Positive (86) |
Discord collects your messages, activity, device data, and behavioural signals, and uses them for personalisation and sponsored content targeting — but it doesn't sell your data, encrypts voice and video end-to-end, and gives you genuine in-app controls over most processing. The biggest risks are public server content being used to train AI systems and third-party bots operating largely outside Discord's privacy guarantees.
View full analysis →Signal is a nonprofit that genuinely cannot read your messages or listen to your calls — the encryption is architectural, not a promise — but it requires a real phone number to register, is subject to US law, and its privacy policy is conspicuously sparse: it hasn't been substantively updated since 2018 and lacks the specific retention periods, GDPR rights, or DPO contact that more thorough policies provide.
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