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A user who “sends nudes” is actually sending them to Snapchat, the company, who then sends them to the user’s friends. Snapchat also stores the nudes on its ser
by chatmasta 9y ago
A user who “sends nudes” is actually sending them to Snapchat, the company, who then sends them to the user’s friends. Snapchat also stores the nudes on its servers, and likely even has code that processes (reads!) those images for analytics purposes.
It’s not like Snapchat servers are some blackbox, either. Any engineer at the company with proper access rights could theoretically view any user’s uploads.
So I’m not sure “they’re sending them to each other” can really be a defense here, unless the media is truly e2e encrypted (it’s not).
- late2part 9y agoBy your definition, the postal service is the recipient of letters containing child porn.
- ng-user 9y agoHowever, the postal service doesn't retain a copy of the data it receives, nor does it even open or view said data.
- someemptyspace 9y agoNo, because the postal service doesn't have access to read the contents of letters and parcels in transit. Not only do they not have access, but it is illegal for them to access the contents without a warrant.
- bitexploder 9y agoThis is why common carrier status is so important. Snap can't possibly police it's user base.
- rconti 9y agoWhich is probably why they're involved in investigations and prosecutions of same.
- wmeredith 9y agoNah, they don't open the letter, make a copy, store it, etc...