I disagree. Software is guilty until proven innocent.
Everything should be assumed compromised until proven otherwise, and if you don't want to do the legwork then not using something is safer than using it.
Need something stat. Son has it for group of friends for when the schools went remote in MAR and some of them are still doing virtual learning. They used it to stay connected as many are without phones :/
Sometimes the way to make use of these tools is just to be aware that they are spying on you, and keeping them on a leash. Use them and understand then machine you are using them on is plain and simply not private.
It's not ideal, of course, but life is a series of tradeoffs.
Obviously not my place to tell you how to raise your son, but perhaps this is an excellent opportunity for a life lesson.
Have him continue to use discord, but make it an opportunity to understand that what we do on the internet, (and even what we do on our own machines once certain utilities are installed) feels private, but is in fact occuring in a public place with people watching.
None of this stuff is going away any time soon, and avoiding 100% of it while continuing to live a normal life is nearly impossible. A smartphone for example is a valuable tool AND a government surveillance device. We all have to learn how to segment our lives, what to trust, and how to constructively use untrusted tools within their limitations.
Who knows, all this might even motivate him to dig into the problem and level up his computer security skills.
Holy shit. I had no idea. What would you recommend as an alternative chat / voice chat program?
teamspeak, for now.
Is ventrillo still a thing? Used to use it for Warcraft raiding
Accepting it scans your whole computer without proof is just as bad as installing it without checking what it does imo
I disagree. Software is guilty until proven innocent.
Everything should be assumed compromised until proven otherwise, and if you don't want to do the legwork then not using something is safer than using it.
Same.
Need something stat. Son has it for group of friends for when the schools went remote in MAR and some of them are still doing virtual learning. They used it to stay connected as many are without phones :/
Is there anything critical on his computer?
Sometimes the way to make use of these tools is just to be aware that they are spying on you, and keeping them on a leash. Use them and understand then machine you are using them on is plain and simply not private.
It's not ideal, of course, but life is a series of tradeoffs.
No, only thing he uses his computer for is games (Stream), Discord, and watching YouTube videos (mainly history related or football content)
Obviously not my place to tell you how to raise your son, but perhaps this is an excellent opportunity for a life lesson.
Have him continue to use discord, but make it an opportunity to understand that what we do on the internet, (and even what we do on our own machines once certain utilities are installed) feels private, but is in fact occuring in a public place with people watching.
None of this stuff is going away any time soon, and avoiding 100% of it while continuing to live a normal life is nearly impossible. A smartphone for example is a valuable tool AND a government surveillance device. We all have to learn how to segment our lives, what to trust, and how to constructively use untrusted tools within their limitations.
Who knows, all this might even motivate him to dig into the problem and level up his computer security skills.