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Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

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Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#21
post #8

Based on the same premise that I would let someone secretly save my unread snail mail by giving them a key to my house.

Are you implying you lock your mailbox?

Well, in the US it's a substantial federal offense to steal mail or to read someone else's mail (coughunlessyouarethegovernmentcough), so that acts as a big deterrent, I think.

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you implying you lock your mailbox?

Well, in the US it's a substantial federal offense to steal mail or to read someone else's mail ( cough unlessyouarethegovernment cough ), so that acts as a big deterrent, I think.

How many people are ever caught stealing mail though?

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#24
Friend of mine made a website like this that supports videos and pictures [1]. It's hard to trust something like that, but if you want you could always create your own implementation (see the About screen).

[1] http://expetelek.com/nolimit/

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which a lot of people do. They give a trusted entity (a neighbor) their access token (keys) to check on and maintain their property while on vacation.

... I would never, ever do that. A sibling, sure. But a neighbour? Hell no. If I haven't seen you get born, you sure are not getting unlimited access to where I live.

Why trust your family? As Biggie said-

  Number 3: never trust nobody
  Your moms'll set that ass up, properly gassed up
  Hoodied and masked up, shit, for that fast buck
  She be laying in the bushes to light that ass up
http://rapgenius.com/The-notorious-big-ten-crack-commandment...

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#26
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, in the US it's a substantial federal offense to steal mail or to read someone else's mail ( cough unlessyouarethegovernment cough ), so that acts as a big deterrent, I think.

How many people are ever caught stealing mail though?

I'm not sure, but I'd assume that if you go around stealing packages, you're probably not doing it just because. You're doing it systematically for financial gain. In which case you have to be a repeat offender for it to make sense. In which case it's easier to track down. This happened near me last year:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/20/two-arrested-for-theft...

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#28
post #13

The problem with this service (or others like it) is the next eventual step is making your private snaps you've saved with the service public. Snapchat itself faces the same problem. They are sitting the greatest trove of amateur porn ever, and eventually they need to figure out how to make money.

This website doesn't even pretend to have a privacy policy.

Re: Show HN: SnpCht.com, a site that lets you secretly save your unread snapchats

#30
post #13

The problem with this service (or others like it) is the next eventual step is making your private snaps you've saved with the service public. Snapchat itself faces the same problem. They are sitting the greatest trove of amateur porn ever, and eventually they need to figure out how to make money.

Also the greatest trove of child porn.
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