LinkedIn vs Discord
Based on our analysis, Discord is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Discord | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 38/100 | C+ · 58/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (28) | Mixed (52) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (30) | Mixed (55) |
| What you can do | Concern (42) | Positive (72) |
| What they promise | Concern (42) | Positive (65) |
LinkedIn builds a remarkably detailed professional and personal profile from everything you do on and off the platform — including inferred age, gender, salary, and seniority — then shares it with Microsoft, advertisers, and third-party partners. Your data persists even after account closure, your public activity is fed into Microsoft's broader ad ecosystem, and there is no way to opt out of non-personalised ads.
View full analysis →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.
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