Outside the obvious use case of sexting, Snapchat's value proposition might seem unclear. Until you consider the suburban teenager whose parents gave her an iPh

Outside the obvious use case of sexting, Snapchat's value proposition might seem unclear. Until you consider the suburban teenager whose parents gave her an iPhone but might at any point demand to read her texts and Facebook messages. The parenting styles, social mores, and politics of the people who use the things hackers make determine how that technology will affect people's lives, and is pretty important to consider. Marwa demonstrates the symbolism of having keys to your home. I think I first got keys when I was 12. Let's say Lockitron becomes mainstream. Will you buy your 12-year-old an iPhone? If not, will it affect his identity to be unable to enter his own house without your permission/intervention? It did for Marwa. I understand that it seems purely political at first glance, but there is some interesting technology->politics interaction in that article.