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This IPO is yet another indicator of a civilization in decline. Snapchat watches people in their most private, most intimate moments, who are unaware that all
by daliwali 10y ago
This IPO is yet another indicator of a civilization in decline.
Snapchat watches people in their most private, most intimate moments, who are unaware that all of their data passes through centralized servers. Why should states even bother with intrusive surveillance anymore, when people freely offer to surveil themselves?
If Snapchat disappeared tomorrow, people would just upload their nude photos elsewhere. Nothing of value would be lost, except for maybe the world's largest, most centralized pornography database, with fairly reliable correlation to real identities. That could never lead to abuse of power.
- nailer 10y ago> Snapchat watches people in their most private, most intimate moments, who are unaware that all of their data passes through centralized servers. I think most people who use Snapchat are still aware that Snapchat can see their nudes.
- daliwali 10y agoThe average Snapchat user isn't going to think about the process of uploading a picture to a central server which is then relayed to the intended recipients and then deleted on the proprietary client-side application (which can be worked around, the problem is that third-party may retain data indefinitely). The average consumer is not that technically literate, consider the people who think Facebook = Internet.
- xenotb 10y agoYou might be surrounded by well above-average technical literacy people. I woud guess that even of the people that are aware of how centralized messaging servers work, most don't think about it for months at a time.