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Monday, 19 October 2015

Privacy issues in Snapchat


The company claimed that the sender would be notified if the recipient captured a screen shot when he/she is watching the video or photo. However, some third-party applications can save the screen shot easily without giving alert to the sender. Also, the user can buy up to 20 pieces of replays of storage.[3] Even if the images are deleted, the information could still be recovered like the PC hard drive do.[4] When you delete a file from the recycle bin, the information of this file is still remain on the hard drive, some recovery software can read these information and recover the file precisely if the hard drive is not damaged. That’s the reason why we need a file shredder. It covers the file several times on the hard drive with meaningless information to prevent some specific software to recover the file. When a user sends a video to his/her friend, what he/she expect is that the video would disappear after his/her friend viewing the video. But the truth may be that his/her friend paid $5.79 and saved his/her video without his/her permission. So, the company remind their users that do not share the photos or videos which you do not want other people to save. As long as an electronic device is connected to the internet, it is exposed to hackers, trojans, spywares and other kinds of tracking technologies. Even if the user has some protection solutions, they just reduce the chance of privacy problems and it never prevents the risk. So, it is suggested that in order to keep privacy secret, it’s better not to send it online and it is the most efficient and safe solution.

Reference:

      [1]iTunes. (2015,Oct14). Snapchat, Inc.Retrieved from: 
      [2]Snapchat, Inc. (2014, Nov 17). Privacy Policy. Retrieved from: 
                    https://www.snapchat.com/privacy
      [3]Common Sense Media. (2015). Retrieved from: 
      [4]Magid. L. (2013, May 1). What is Snapchat and Why D Kids Love It and Parents Fear It?      (updated). Retrieved from: 


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