New Mexico is seeking an injunction to permanently block Snap from practices allegedly harming kids. That includes a halt on advertising Snapchat as “more private” or “less permanent” due to the alleged “core design problem” and “inherent danger” of Snap’s disappearing messages. The state’s complaint noted that the FBI has said that “Snapchat is the preferred app by criminals because its design features provide a false sense of security to the victim that their photos will disappear and not be screenshotted.”

  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    You know that on Snapchat the messages aren’t deleted anymore right? They are stored on your phone and the Snapchat servers. That is how “memories” works, and there used to be screenshot workaround to grab the photo back after the fact, but I am not sure if they have hid them better by now.

    Snapchat is not even close to a secure messaging program…

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      4 months ago

      Wow that’s fucked. That’s the entire reason snapchat is even still a thing.

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        The messages never disappeared really.

        There have been alternate apps and even jailbreak workarounds for Snapchat since the beginning to copy and keep the messages.

        The benefit of Snapchat was the theater of it