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Re: Snapchat for Web

#53
If anyone from Snap is reading this.

I can't login to web.snapchat.com because I don't remember my password. I can't reset my password because (1) I don't have an email on the account (FaceID), and (2) the number on my Snap account is from like 4 years ago (FaceID). In order to update the email or update the number, I need a....password.

Someone should fix this.

Re: Snapchat for Web

#54

I've got Snapchat+ and I've logged into my account, but it still says it's unavailable. Sad, must be a bug.

Same. In USA here... I'm guessing they're rolling it out gradually across the Snapchat+ subscriber base. We'll see if it's available in the morning...

Re: Snapchat for Web

#56

Well that's cool for users with rooted Android devices, which are currently blocked from logging in with an obscure error message.

Just root with Magisk and add the app to the DenyList. Poof.

This will only work until Google starts mandating TEE attestation of bootloader status for SafetyNet.

Re: Snapchat for Web

#57

Isn't that a bit... too late?

Or a step back in the right direction when everyone else has been moving in the opposite direction for the last decade.

I love snapchat for silly group chats and close friend checkups. Streaks make me talk/ping to my best friend every day, no matter how they or I are feeling during the day.

Re: Snapchat for Web

#58

This is a reminder that technology isn't the issue anymore. (we solved messaging since the AIM days). The only thing slowing down technology today is wall gardens. You can't count how many years too late Snapchat is. Even if you use both hands.

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Re: Snapchat for Web

#59
post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> to make it difficult to mess with the binary and end up saving or harvesting temporarily viewable content Which is funny because it's trivial without any modifications to the device (at least when I last used it). Just record the screen.

IIRC, screen recording or screenshotting will bubble an alert to the other party about what you've done, unless you disconnect from the network or some other shenanigans.

About some other shenanigans if you really care about recording the screen you can use another phone or a camera, possibly on a tripod to keep it steady and the distance constant. That's lower quality than a screenshot but it's basically undetectable.

And how about running in a VM on a desktop? Does Snapchat allow that?

Re: Snapchat for Web

#60

This is a reminder that technology isn't the issue anymore. (we solved messaging since the AIM days). The only thing slowing down technology today is wall gardens. You can't count how many years too late Snapchat is. Even if you use both hands.

Snapchat is the only widely used messaging system in the U.S. that's delete by default. That's huge for young people. Like Snapchat or not, its messaging model is an innovation, and an important one.

Young people know how to take screenshots though
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