Snapchats Privacy

The article I read was about how Snapchat lied about its privacy with its pictures and now is charged with FTC. The maker of the app had made the FTC charges and said that Snapchat was secretly spying on its users photos. When you send a photo on Snapchat it has a timer, which you can set for a maximum of 10 seconds, but people can screen shot the picture and save it. The company of Snapchat also stated that when videos “disappear” they don't actually disappear they are kept on phones where people can just plug it in and watch and see the photos and videos you have sent. Snapchat also gathers info about its customers followed and Androids every moved and downloaded an iPhones contact list in secret. 

I found this article interesting because I use Snapchat to talk to my friends. I always thought that once I sent the photo and it disappeared it was gone forever. Also Snapchat added a texting/messaging feature and it could be shared with not only the person you're sending it to but Snapchat could save it and have it forever. 

Sources-

CNN News

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