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by arch-choot 903 days ago
I think it just leads to a false sense of security for most "normie" users. E.g. Snapchat, people think it must give a screenshot notification or whatever, so it is "safe" for nudes.

Well it is quite trivial to save the photos, either by network interception or patching the app etc. , which ordinary users may not even consider.

Not quite related, but I think "deleting messages" falls into a similar problem. It makes end users think they are "safe" or whatever, but the reality is that if a message was delivered to the other parties phone, they could easily have the original text despite any deletions, e.g. a cached notification or similar.

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I wonder about this, versus culturally giving users permission to send nudes, even though they know there's always the possibility they'll be saved.