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Privacy organization files FTC complaint against Snapchat | Digital Trends

Just because the American’s lack privacy commissioners doesn’t mean that there aren’t dedicated civil society advocates holding companies’ feet the fire. Nor that violating contract law is any less important in the US than in other jurisdictions.

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Snapchat: not for state secrets

Just in case you thought that Snapchat’s privacy settings were awesome, researchers have found that the security model is pretty piss poor.

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2012.12.31

I’m jealous of old people because they didn’t have the internet and Facebook when you were young — you could get away with just about anything.

Mathew Ingram, “Snapchat and our never-ending quest for impermanence