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by akosner 4545 days ago
I have a theory. Last week there was a big story about how Facebook was “dead and buried” because teens didn’t want to be on a service that their parents had moved into. Now, when it comes to security, the parents care a lot more than the kids. Could Snapchat be playing fast and loose with the security of their user data as a way of scaring away the grownups?

This would be a clever ploy but for one damning fact. A large share of Snapchat’s users are minor children. Could anyone, from the CEO of Snapchat to the perpetrators of SnapchatDB really think that risking the broadcasting of the phone numbers of 12-year-old girls and boys is a risk worth taking?

For more, see: http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2014/01/01/4-6-mil...

2 comments

I HAVE a theory that a (not so)clever writer for Forbes is plugging his story by planting misguided theories everywhere UPON which I plan to plant my theories on his planted theories on snapchat CEO "rumor" theories.
I have a theory that Mark Zuckerburg, fearing the demise of facebook, had his ninja assassins infiltrate SnapChat and compromised their security, hoping to drive teenagers back into the arms of facebook.

Why is my theory any less loony than yours?