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Re: Snapchat for Web

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> Tor service like Facebook and Twitter have. Pardon?

Facebook: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_onion_address Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967843/twitter-tor-onion...

It is not a trap from the government?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)#Eavesdropping

Re: Snapchat for Web

#82

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

Which will then be bypassed using some other way, just like every DRM so far ended up being cracked.

Sure, but can it be done in software, or will it require a scanning tunneling microscope?

Re: Snapchat for Web

#83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_onion_address Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967843/twitter-tor-onion...

It is not a trap from the government? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)#Eavesdropping

When you use a Tor hidden service you don't use an exit node, your connection ends within the Tor network. As for the internal communication attack there is no reason at the time of writing to believe one has occurred, and it's unclear if their statistical attack on Tor's crypto would work or if it is possible: https://blog.torproject.org/rumors-tors-compromise-are-great...

Re: Snapchat for Web

#84

Ah, Snap loves being weird for the sake of being weird. Snapchat was a constant struggle for me (Gen Z) to operate before I stopped using it. The latest reminder for how hip and weird they are (in their world): The text "web.snapchat.com" is blue, underlined ... but not actually a clickable link. How cute, quirky and hip! The youngsters will love it.

>> Snapchat was a constant struggle for me (Gen Z) to operate before I stopped using it I am not gen z but I struggled with the anti-intuitive and weird interface. I grant that its quirkiness may be part of its appeal and the kids seem to love it. Could you not open in active camera mode though? That was just one annoying feature, I could list the things that just drove me bonkers.

They're driving content creation.

If anyone reading this doesn't understand how well this works, you absolutely must go spend time with some people less intelligent than yourself.

The state of the world could depend on it.

Re: Snapchat for Web

#85

To use web.snapchat.com, one must obtain a subscription to Snapchat+ for $3.99/month. This seems to be a reasonable fee for someone that avidly uses the service. I pay $4.99/month (or something) for Reddit Premium, which not only grants me 700 "reddit coins" per month (can be used to purchase awards, etc.), but access to the r/lounge VIP space, and most important of all: removes all advertisements from my Reddit expe…

> whether the paid subscription...affects how Snap collects and shares paid subscribers' data.

hahahaha

Re: Snapchat for Web

#86

>Open your laptop and head to web.snapchat.com using Chrome Wow Chrome really is the new IE. Developers are really shooting their future selves in the foot by only developing for Chrome. I don't know about you guys, but I don't want a web (de-facto) controlled by a giant ad company.

Chromium is open source and is adopted by Microsoft via Edge. So if Google stops working on it, I'm sure MS will take up development. I think one standard is better for developers, but maybe not for diversity.

Re: Snapchat for Web

#87

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.

Mind sharing your Snapchat username (or email me at vinay.kola@snap.com)? I can raise this to the right folks.

And just to let you know how absurd Snapchat's login flow is -- I managed to remember my password!

But then I get the "This login seems suspicious, enter your phone number for verification" XD. This is a cruel joke and should be fixed.

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