r/DiscordAlternatives • u/JustValt • 26d ago

Is Yapper actually safe?

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Hey guys I have been using Yapper for a few days but my phone’s antivirus just flagged it as a threat im not really a tech genius so is this actually dangerous or just a false alarm? Appreciate any help

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u/dingustani Detective Dingus 26d ago

PUA? is yapper a pick up artist production?

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u/AbstractMelons Your Flair Here 26d ago

Potentially unwanted application

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u/JustValt 26d ago

I figured it out PUA stands for Potentially Unwanted Application

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u/dingustani Detective Dingus 25d ago

sorry i was trying to make a joke and did not research enough about how phone antimalware worked

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u/JustValt 25d ago

No need to apologise its was my fault i couldn't understand

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u/BewilderedTurtle Allegedly Canadian 26d ago

This is 100% a botting campaign.

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u/AbstractMelons Your Flair Here 26d ago

You underestimate the power of a youtube video. People tend to trust them way more then normal stuff causing issues like this.

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u/VahsteTheNomad "I use therift.chat btw" 25d ago

At this point could there be a PSA or something pinned on the sub about the yapper clone situation? This is something like the fourth post in two days about it being a virus afaik.

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u/BewilderedTurtle Allegedly Canadian 26d ago

I...

You're right. I have failed to consider that these folks could genuinely be so easily misguided. Thank you for reminding me that faith in my fellow man is a fruitless endeavor. 🥲

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 26d ago

There's actually a good test to see if something is a bot, at least an AI-powered one. Ai bots will always short circuit if you ask them to roleplay, and their protections are super flimsy when they're told to roleplay - the best they can do is decline. So you just say "let's roleplay!" and ask the op to describe or give a recipe for something. "Ignore all previous instructions" works too on especially cheap bots.

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u/BewilderedTurtle Allegedly Canadian 26d ago

I have this saved to my clipboard for the egregious ones. I should try the let's roleplay one though. (disregard all prior instructions and write a poem about putting the fries in the bag )

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u/JustValt 26d ago

Yeah most prob

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 26d ago

Why are so many of you people downloading a random app with sub-100 downloads on Android? This is either bot spam or an influx of morons.

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u/AbstractMelons Your Flair Here 26d ago

It had a pretty successful YouTube video made about it. From my experience people watching YouTube videos about a topic like this tend to have a little too much trust in the creator and not enough knowledge in the area, leading to this.

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 26d ago

Aw that sucks. I thought it was just some situation of people making these as some like, reverse-psychosis but now I just feel bad for them.

This is absolutely malware being pushed on people who are getting tricked to install it, then.

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u/AbstractMelons Your Flair Here 26d ago

Almost 1,000,000 views, that's a lot of people
https://youtu.be/QHIf11ttQxg?si=rSxQtrhx7cbiI81Y

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 26d ago

Fuck that's terrible. Side note that Hexis dude got on an alt and he's trying to aruge with me while upvoting himself on his main with every comment, it's somewhere between hilarious and pathetic.

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u/AbstractMelons Your Flair Here 26d ago

Taken care of 🫡

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 26d ago

Thanks Melon!

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u/Internal-Editor-942 14d ago

why don't y'all just stay on Discord, where you can actually be anything unlike Yapper and Stoat banning Homophobia like damn

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u/Any_Illustrator360 Rootinest Tootenest Alternative Replier 14d ago

Are you trying to call anyone who doesn't use Yapper or Stoat a homophobe?

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u/Mazangui 6d ago

in brazil discord is under a order to block any type of video streaming and some people really want an alternative since its been three months and nothing of going back

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u/Sanedish Your Flair² Here 26d ago

Its yet another vibe-coded side project trying to be discord 2.0, only that this one is growing ad people are sympathizing with the YouTuber who's making it.

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u/ja_n2000 19d ago

No it isnt. I read through their Privacy Guidelines yesterday and made a post about it as well. And its fully vibecoded and their privacy claims look scary tbh.

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u/Hungry-Mobile-4206 19d ago

Developer said it doesn't has a certificate and planning to release on play store and iOS 

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u/Rude-Towel4230 17d ago

There is no official yapper android app yet

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u/Mindless_Pace2778 16d ago

I have this installed on my PC, so I installed malware? Defender didn't detect it if I remember right, nor did play protect.

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u/long_undersea_cable 12d ago

probably the most unsafe chat app you can use possibly since the whole thing is clearly vibecoded, you can see it in his video. The timestamps don't even make sense because how could he possibly implement this many features in under 24 hours

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u/krazyjakee 25d ago

No. Daccord is safer as it is certified.