TLDR: Engineered a custom solution to store files for free on Discord, overcoming limitations through encryption and file splitting.
This article is a summary of a You Tube video “Stealing Storage from Discord” by Dev Detour
Key Takeaways:
- Data Storage Costs: The author was nearing their free data allocation limit on Google Drive and considered purchasing additional storage.
- Seeking Free Alternatives: Opted to find a free storage solution, prioritizing cost-saving over time investment.
- Utilizing Social Media Platforms: Realized that many social media platforms offer free storage space for user uploads.
- YouTube as an Initial Option: Initially considered YouTube for free storage, exploiting its high video upload limit.
- Issues with YouTube: Encountered problems like data compression, slow upload/download speeds, and format limitations with YouTube.
- Choosing Discord for Storage: Switched to Discord, recognizing its potential for free file storage despite a 25 MB file size limit.
- Developing a Custom Solution: Created a Discord bot and server-side application to automate file splitting, uploading, and reassembling.
- Privacy and Encryption: Addressed privacy concerns by using a private Discord server and encrypting the data.
- Performance and Efficiency: Acknowledged the system was slow but functional, with a moderate upload and download speed.
- Potential Impact of Discord’s Policy Changes: Mentioned upcoming changes in Discord’s CDN link policies that might affect this storage method.
