Snapchat is the mobile app for massaging with pictures that has created a lot of buzz. This is
for the security reasons and thus the FTC has taken measures against the charge that says that
the app is deceiving the customers with fake promise of disappearance of photos. The FTC
has stated the company of Snap chat is deceiving the customer’s personal data. The snaps are
being collected and shared in the public forum that is against the security quotient of the app.
The Snap Chat has failed to secure the way of finding a friend through the app. The FTC has
given allegations against the app and has even claimed a lump some money as punishment of
breaching the security promise.
The buzz of controversy
It has been seen that the teenagers are the group that are very much being affected by the
security breaching procedure of Snap chat. The ids and passwords are being exposed and thus
there are problems related to the security of each account. The photos that are being leaked
by the Snapchat are mainly through the third party apps but the FTC has found that there are
drawbacks in the system of Snapchat itself and thus has been considered guilty of the task. Since
the beginning of the apps there were lot of questions of the photos getting leaked but there never
had been such hype. The FTC is very much concerned this time as a lot of teenagers are getting
into it. The photos that have got leaked in different leak photo forums are mainly nude photos.
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Teenagers and their involvement
The reports suggest that the leaked photos that are mostly nude are of teenagers. This proves
that teenagers are getting involved in sharing such explicit photos. They are able to do it at such
higher rates because the app is promising them disappearance of the photos. But the reality
is something else. Teenage couple are sharing private photos among themselves in assurance
the photos will get deleted but unknowingly these photos are being introduced to the public
through different third party apps. Thus the teenagers are unknowingly getting into the trap of
pornography and nudity in the internet.
The company’s call
The part that is concerning most is the work is done without the consent of the users. FTC
believes that is hampering the privacy of individuals without consent and that is illegal. The
authority have the say that from the very first moment the photos were said to be stored in the
company’s site and will only be deleted from the mobiles. Although this statement does not
prove the company is innocent. Measures should be taken by the officials to ensure the inside
officials of the site are not doing the task of re-sharing photos for higher amount of money.
In spite of the entire buzz against the app, Snapchat has still secured a good position among all
the other apps. Teenagers are not being careful and the market of the app is not much affected
with the exposure of the wring sides of the app. The popularity of the app has reached to such an
extent that people are not taking it seriously and only considering the news as part of negative
publicity.
