Discord UnSpy Edition

Discord is a popular messaging platform, and is the default choice of many when it comes to chatting with their friends. Some users aren't too happy with the platform's data collection, however, and instead choose to go elsewhere when it comes to chatting over the internet.

Discord UnSpy Edition is an effort that aims to reduce the tracking and analytics information Discord may collect about its users. It's a cross-platform Electron app, which means that it comes in a mini-browser form of sorts, outfitted with an ad-blocker to prevent any advertising or tracking that Discord may use.

You'd be hard-pressed to find any design difference between the original Discord and this version. Design-wise, they're indistinguishable from one another, which is understandable, considering that the UnSpy alternative takes the web app version and packs it into an executable.

Users should thus expect about the same level of functionality going from the default solution to this one. The tracking protections are nice to have, so users concerned about Discord's handling of user privacy now have the ability to use this alternative instead.

There's currently no information as to what privacy protections are in place in this UnSpy version. The developer states that the executable is simply a browser that blocks any ads or potential spyware that may be directed to the end user from Discord, but what blocks those elements, and to what degree, is unspecified.

In short, this is merely the web app version of Discord, packaged as an executable, with a few privacy protections on top. Users could have the same level of security — or better — if they used the Discord web app, with some uBlock or other ad-blocker protections via their browser.

While some details about how the tracking protections actually operate are up in the air, users who are looking for more privacy on Discord can try out Discord UnSpy Edition.