Snapchat Privacy Problem

The app Snapchat was trusted by thousands of users. The company itself was built off of the privacy the company was supposed to give. Turns out, your snaps might not be as private as you think. When you send a Snapchat you expect that it will go away forever after a certain amount of time. But with the option of screenshotting the snaps sent to you, there is a way of saving the picture forever. Snapchat is also secretly saving some of the images sent out, and is collecting information on the some users. It has also been monitoring some Android and Apple phones, such as taking their contacts, and tracking the apps on the phones. The company admitted it’s mistakes and is going to try to fulfill it’s promises that the company started off on.

Find more at: http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/08/technology/security/snapchat-ftc/index.html

I think this is interesting because of how many people use the app. If the app Snapchat is misusing it’s popularity, how do we know if other companies are misusing fame as well. Snapchat has said that it’s almost impossible to delete something from the internet, but they said they would try to keep records as hidden as possible. I think they're trying to fix the problem, and that counts as something.