{"id":4875,"date":"2024-01-17T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2024-01-17T10:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:33:56","slug":"creative-discord-storage-hack-free-large-file-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/creative-discord-storage-hack-free-large-file-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Discord Storage Hack: Free Large File Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Engineered a custom solution to store files for free on Discord, overcoming limitations through encryption and file splitting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;Stealing Storage from Discord&#8221; by Dev Detour<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_arQ-6ElYI?si=F1qhGFm6iBFN_q9I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Data Storage Costs<\/strong>: The author was nearing their free data allocation limit on Google Drive and considered purchasing additional storage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seeking Free Alternatives<\/strong>: Opted to find a free storage solution, prioritizing cost-saving over time investment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utilizing Social Media Platforms<\/strong>: Realized that many social media platforms offer free storage space for user uploads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>YouTube as an Initial Option<\/strong>: Initially considered YouTube for free storage, exploiting its high video upload limit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Issues with YouTube<\/strong>: Encountered problems like data compression, slow upload\/download speeds, and format limitations with YouTube.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choosing Discord for Storage<\/strong>: Switched to Discord, recognizing its potential for free file storage despite a 25 MB file size limit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developing a Custom Solution<\/strong>: Created a Discord bot and server-side application to automate file splitting, uploading, and reassembling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy and Encryption<\/strong>: Addressed privacy concerns by using a private Discord server and encrypting the data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance and Efficiency<\/strong>: Acknowledged the system was slow but functional, with a moderate upload and download speed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potential Impact of Discord&#8217;s Policy Changes<\/strong>: Mentioned upcoming changes in Discord&#8217;s CDN link policies that might affect this storage method.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineered a custom solution to store files for free on Discord, overcoming limitations through encryption and file splitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-42","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4877,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions\/4877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}