The Snapchat app will monitor your privacy for the next 20 years as a result of an agreement with the FTC, the Federal Trade Commission of the United States And it is that after their last and well-known problems in which they have Since the data of its users has been affected, this US body has been forced to establish an agreement to protect those who use Snapchat, in addition to obtaining the commitment of this company to bet on the privacy and security of its operation
And the fact is that the FTC has managed to dismantle the alibi of Snapchat , who has always claimed that messages sent through his messaging service were permanently deleted immediately after being viewed by the recipient. Something that is not as absolute as Snapchat says. Hence the complaints from the FTC, who are well aware of the possibility of making a screenshotor the existence of other applications aimed at hunting down the information that is transmitted through the supposed ephemeral instant messages.
Another of the complaints of this US organization regarding Snapchat is the treatment that the company makes of data obtained from usersAnd this service also collects information such as the location of the user, something that in the case of the platform Android did without the prior consent of the user. A danger that had its greatest exponent at the beginning of the year, when an attack on the application put in check the information of no less than 4.6 million users of everyone. Data that, after being acquired, could be used to carry out campaigns of spam, the dreaded phising(misleading the user by pretending to be other services that are not really) and other types of abuse.
In the face of such problems and complaints, an agreement has finally been reached with which Snapchat will not be able to “ misrepresent the extent to which the privacy, security or confidentiality of users' information is maintained” As a result, the company will also launch a comprehensive privacy program for the next 20 years, thus ensuring that user information is safe and avoiding all types of of abuses.Of course, monitored by an independent expert as a requirement from the FTC
Apparently, user security and privacy is a growing concern both among users and the organizations that seek their defense. It is true that Snapchat has been able to take advantage of semantics to advertise a service that is not so private and secure as stated, but in its favor it must be said that it has launched security measures and new updatesto solve the different problems suffered recently. Issues to take into account if you use this application or if you guard your own privacy with zeal. Thanks to this agreement, it seems that the most concerned users of Snapchat will be given a break, although this does not ensure one hundred percent that their data cannot be stolen and used in an attack or security problem, although it is quite a step when it comes to putting up new barriers.
