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Yes, it is a scary policy for a product that billed itself as a platform to send self-destructing messages. Snapchat has always lied and the fact that you can p
by newjersey 11y ago
Yes, it is a scary policy for a product that billed itself as a platform to send self-destructing messages. Snapchat has always lied and the fact that you can pay to watch a snap again proves that the snaps do not go away after the last recipient has viewed the snap. Of course, this is a violation of trust.
And they lie to this day:
> Please note: even though Snaps, Chats, and Stories are deleted from our servers after they expire, we cannot prevent recipient(s) from capturing and saving the message by taking a screenshot or using an image capture device.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.android&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapchat.a...
- hanspeter 11y agoHow is it lying to admit that you can capture the image?
- sk5t 11y agoThe deletion--not the screenshot bit--may be a lie.
- hanspeter 11y agoAh, ok. But no one knows if they have stored any images. They have simply updated their terms in order to not get sued if they choose to do so. As long as they say that they're deleting photos from their servers there's no reason to believe they're not.
- newjersey 11y ago> As long as they say that they're deleting photos from their servers there's no reason to believe they're not. There is no reason to believe they will delete any snap before all recipients have viewed it once, or according to new policy, have viewed it once and paid 33¢ to replay it once (I'd imagine this could update to n times where n is a number they decide in the future). Imagine being able to use people's snaps for advertising online. Use a photo of someone you watch a lot and put a picture of them smiling or a video of them saying "I love you" (thanks to voice and or face recognition) in a targeted advertisement... I believe Facebook tried something similar a while back.