Discord Completes Multi-Year Push To Encrypt Voice And Video Chats
The feature is enabled automatically for hundreds of millions of users and excludes stage channels, completing a years-long privacy effort.
- On Monday, Discord completed its rollout of end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls, ensuring not even the company can access call content. No opt-in is required for this privacy upgrade.
- The encryption utilizes the custom DAVE protocol, an open-source system audited by cybersecurity firm Trail of Bits and published on GitHub. DAVE uses the WebRTC encoded transform API to encrypt each audio and video frame.
- This security shields direct messages, group calls, and Go Live streams from eavesdropping, though stage channels remain unencrypted. Discord confirmed text messages are not end-to-end encrypted, with no plans to change that status.
- Discord's move stands in contrast to industry peers; Meta officially removed end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, while TikTok has refused to adopt the technology for direct messages, citing safety concerns.
- "No opt-in required," said Mark Smith, Discord's vice president of core technologies. This shift marks a significant privacy win for hundreds of millions of users, highlighting a growing split in the tech industry over encryption standards.
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Discord Completes Multi-Year Push To Encrypt Voice And Video Chats
Software development company Discord has completed the rollout of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for voice and video calls across its platform. The company said the feature now protects all voice and video communications except Stage Channels, and users do not need to enable any settings for the encryption to work. With the update, Discord users can communicate privately without third parties — including Discord itself — being able to access or l…
Discord voice and video calls are now end-to-end encrypted by default
Discord has made end-to-end encryption the default setting for all voice and video calls across its platforms. The update is being rolled out at a time when privacy and security are increasingly becoming key concerns for users.
Discord Voice and Video Calls Now End-to-End Encrypted by Default
Discord says it has switched on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for every voice and video call across its platforms, including desktop, mobile, web, and consoles like PlayStation and Xbox. The rollout covers DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams. There's no opt-in required, or any setting to change. Stage channels are the only exception, given that they're built for broadcasting to larger audiences rather than personal chats
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