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Snapchat has announced a new in-app safety tool called Family Center, designed to let parents see who their kids are talking to while keeping the content of the conversations private. It's ...
Snapchat is working to make it harder for teenagers to be contacted on the app by people they don’t know, its latest effort to stop the sexual and financial exploitation scam known as sextortion.
Snapchat sends messages referred to as "snaps"; snaps can consist of a photo or a short video, and can be edited to include filters and effects, text captions, and drawings. [126] [127] Snaps can be directed privately to selected contacts, or to a semi-public "Story" or a public "Story" called "Our Story."
Snapchat was released as an Android app on October 29, 2012. [21] In June 2013, Snapchat version 5.0, dubbed "Banquo", was released for iOS. The updated version introduced several speed and design enhancements, including swipe navigation, double-tap to reply, an improved friend finder, and in-app profiles. [23]
A security flaw in Snapchat's Find Friends feature leads to 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers being leaked. [46] [47] Snapchat promises to work on beefing up security quickly. [48] On January 9, Snapchat rolls out an update that allows people to opt out of the Find Friends feature. [49] 2014: January 21: Security
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Snapchat's main appeal is its marketed ability to have users' photos disappear completely after the one to ten second time frame—selected by the sender to the recipient—is up. However, the FTC made a case claiming this was false, making Snapchat in violation of regulations implemented to prevent deceptive consumer information.
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