Snapchat said it would be more forthcoming about privacy with users. When you access the dashboard, you are going to see the option to monitor Snapchat, which will be under the social app section. The FTC also accused Snapchat of secretly collecting private information from users through its "Find Friends" feature, which accesses contact information. The company admitted that there were roundabout ways users could save a friend’s photo - which is supposed to “self-destruct” about a few seconds - by downloading third-party apps or taking screenshots. Snapchat agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday that it deceived users about how private their photos really were. "Your SMS - if you were to delete a text, I could still get it off the phone. "Even when something is deleted from a device or a computer, it doesn't completely delete," she explained. "If you don't understand the underlying technology of the Internet, and aren't thinking about what is going on behind the scenes, it looks like it disappeared."īut most of the time, your "deleted" Instagram snaps or Facebook posts - or possibly Snapchats - are still lurking on a server somewhere, said Sell, founder of another private messaging app, Wickr. "It looks like it's gone," security expert Nico Sell told ABC News. Snapchat Settles With FTC Over Claims it Deceived Users The Snapchat beta app for Android picked up a new update on July 6 (version 11.36.0.36) but there are still no signs of the dark theme we’re all waiting for. May 9, 2014— - You send a private photo to a friend who views it for a few seconds before it disappears forever, right?Įven after Snapchat admitted photos sent using the popular app don’t evaporate into the ether after all, experts say users still don’t grasp how difficult is it to entirely erase something from the Internet.
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