Possibly a better resource for those unable to access because of the paywall: https://www.cnil.fr/en/discord-inc-fined-800-000-euros
> The restricted committee considered that DISCORD's password management policy was not sufficiently strong and restrictive to ensure the security of users' accounts.
Ahh yes, finally, government-enforced password policies. They have lost their mind.
> However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applications.
And they have thoughts on UI design too!
This is like the opposite of what GDPR should be.
When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applications.
DISCORD's behavior is different and may lead to users being heard by other members in the voice room when they thought they had left. The restricted committee considered that DISCORD should specifically inform users by making them aware that their words are still being transmitted and heard by others.
However, as part of the procedure, DISCORD INC.set up a pop-up window to alert people connected to a voice room, when the window is closed for the first time, that the DISCORD application is still running and that this setting can be changed directly by the user.
> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applications. > > DISCORD's behavior is different and may lead to users being heard by other members in the voice room when they thought they had left. The restricted committee considered that DISCORD should specifically inform users by making them aware that their words are still being transmitted and heard by others. > > However, as part of the procedure, DISCORD INC.set up a pop-up window to alert people connected to a voice room, when the window is closed for the first time, that the DISCORD application is still running and that this setting can be changed directly by the user.
Rather the issue was that you could close to tray while in a call without any prompt.
When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applications.
DISCORD's behavior is different and may lead to users being heard by other members in the voice room when they thought they had left. The restricted committee considered that DISCORD should specifically inform users by making them aware that their words are still being transmitted and heard by others.
However, as part of the procedure, DISCORD INC.set up a pop-up window to alert people connected to a voice room, when the window is closed for the first time, that the DISCORD application is still running and that this setting can be changed directly by the user.
> Ahh yes, finally, government-enforced password policies. They have lost their mind.
Sure arguing over the password policy itself is somewhat silly however those shorter/lower complexity passwords are trivial to crack in the event of a data leak even when properly salted and hashed.
> And they have thoughts on UI design too!
This one makes perfect sense. The complaint is that you can close the window while in a call without any prompts. It's not that the UX is bad (IMHO it's very useful) but that it can lead to accidental leaks of information that could be trivially avoided with minor changes.
The solution to this is trivial. Prompt on close (but not minimise) when in a call to warn the user and provide a setting to hide this prompt.
And because of habit to have minimize-to-tray on [x] I would also dislike moving that option to [_] and reserve [x] to exit. I know I will just press it because of habit and close my active chat with app. And discord is not fast app to load on my PC.
But technically it will be best solution if they want to comply with the requirements of officials. Or maybe already implemented one-time prompt is enough for them.
Ideally it's a warning that you can disable. With safety/privacy it's generally preferable to have warnings as the default and allow users to take the trainer wheels off rather than risk a new user exposing themself accidentally.