If you treat Discord like a private clubhouse, this video is your wake-up call. I break down how a scraping service called Spy Pet reportedly harvested data from 10,000+ servers—roughly 600M users and 3B messages—and turned it into a searchable database. The scary part isn’t just the scale, it’s the price: access for about $5 in crypto, and as little as 10 cents to look up a specific person. Even if your DMs aren’t included, anything you’ve posted in servers that aren’t truly private can be indexed, cross-referenced, and sold. Then I get into the government ID nightmare: Discord confirmed a third-party breach that exposed ID photos for around 70,000 users (possibly more). This happened through a vendor handling age verification/support—classic weakest-link security. Finally, I cover Discord’s shift toward a “teen-by-default” model in 2026, where you may be pushed into facial scans, uploading government IDs, or letting an AI system infer your age from behavior and messages. My takeaway: assume public servers are public, tighten server access, minimize what you share with support, and start considering end-to-end encrypted alternatives if privacy is the priority.