Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
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Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#2Okay, seriously, what could someone possibly send over snapchat that is important to national security?
Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#3Okay, seriously, what could someone possibly send over snapchat that is important to national security?
The article mentions law enforcement. I reckon these warrants are all for sex crimes.
Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#4Okay, seriously, what could someone possibly send over snapchat that is important to national security?
Registered sex offenders sending pictures of their dicks to teenagers who are foolish enough in their youth to share their Snapchat name publicly in hopes of making a social connection.
Not national security, but an arguably reasonable law enforcement target.
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#5That's kind of expected. And 12 since May? Of the many snaps that's a tiny, tiny number.
I'm glad they don't actually store for longer than is necessary tbh.
Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#6Yep, society cooperates with law enforcement. It's been that way for about six or seven thousand years. In this case it was in response to search warrants. If you're not outraged, you've been paying enough attention.
Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#7I hadn't heard of the app before now, but I'm not finding much sympathy for users of a system built on the premise that they should not have access to data on their own device.
Anyway, a clarification of the headline: not only 'unopened' snaps, but also those that have not yet been opened by all nominated recipients. So if a law enforcement agent can have themselves invited into a Snapchat circle they can take advantage of that fact to persist the image on the server until it is legally demanded.
Re: Snapchat admits to handing unopened 'snaps' to US law enforcement
#8I hadn't heard of the app before now, but I'm not finding much sympathy for users of a system built on the premise that they should not have access to data on their own device. Anyway, a clarification of the headline: not only 'unopened' snaps, but also those that have not yet been opened by all nominated recipients. So if a law enforcement agent can have themselves invited into a Snapchat circle they can take advant…
> I'm not finding much sympathy for users of a system built on the premise that they should not have access to data on their own device
One of the more out-of-touch HN comments I've seen in a while. And that's saying a lot!
Look at it this way: the person sending the snapchat owns the "data", and is just granting the recipient permission to watch it for ~10 seconds.
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#9If the law enforcement has a proper warrants signed by court, no wonder they are complying with it, there's nothing to "admit". It's like "admitting" if the police stops you on the road, you'd show your driver's license to them. What else could they do? The fact they continue to function makes it obvious they comply with court orders - we all know what happens to those who don't.
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