Snapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker’s publication in January of data associated with 4.6 million of its users. The company has not admitted any wrongdoing, but it has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program that will be audited by a third party for the next 20 years. “This is pretty standard in settlement agreements like this,” said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology.
I think its clear that SnapChat was never honest about how its service is run. I guess its normal these days to lie. Even though you know fully the lie could be exposed. I doubt SnapChat will be around 20 years anyway. I give it 20 months at best.
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Snapchat Makes FTC Privacy Charges Disappear
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 9, 2014 02:38 PMSnapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker’s publication in January of data associated with 4.6 million of its users. The company has not admitted any wrongdoing, but it has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program that will be audited by a third party for the next 20 years. “This is pretty standard in settlement agreements like this,” said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology.