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Article Description: by Don Sagrott founder @sospep.com - with the recent and rapidly rising popularity of the Snapchat application and its 'implied' promise that your message / snap only exists 'temporarily' it's time to realize that they are perpetuating a myth ...

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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">snapchat and the 'myth' of the disappearing message</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] MYTH &nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>use snapchat to send your 'message' and your message will 'dissapear' from the recipients device once they view it</li> </ol> <li><strong>] REALITY</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">your 'message' will NOT dissappear</span></strong></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>] your message will be displayed temporarily(based on a timeframe you specify) to the recipient that you send it to... THEN</li> <li>] your message will still remain on the recipients device, it will be 'flagged' so that other applications will NOT 'see' it, but 'the actual' message is still there&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>] your recipient ALSO has the option to capture your message, via many&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">other methods like</span>&nbsp;</li> <li>] your message can also be intercepted by 'others' (ex NSA) that are monitoring internet traffic.&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] you want to send <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">distribute</span> a "message" that you don't want <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">to broadcast publicly</span> to the "whole world"</strong></li> <ol> <li>for example VS using twitter / facebook / ??? to share your message publicly</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>[03:00] VIDEO - dont take my word for it, one of the snapchat founders, Evan Speigal, mentions using snapchat for creating disapearing messages</li> <ol> <li>] http://techcrunch.com/video/snapchat-founder-on-making-messages-disappear/517927512/</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] ADVICE - BOTTOM LINE</strong></li> <ol> <li>] but <strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">don't share</span></strong> a selfie, ugly or not, or any other file, for that matter,&nbsp;<strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">UNLESS you are willing to risk the 'message' being in circulation forever.&nbsp;</span></strong></li> <li>] And if you're not willing to risk it being in circulation forever, consider not even taking it in the first place.</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] SRC=&nbsp;</li> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/10/snapchat-images-that-have-disappeared-forever-stay-right-on-your-phone/" target="_blank">http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/10/snapchat-images-that-have-disappeared-forever-stay-right-on-your-phone/</a></li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/article?id=2189" target="_blank">snapchat</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] overview IN technology-software/communications/instant-messaging</li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="/view/article?id=2132" target="_blank">snapchat security</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] article analysis IN technology/analysis/security</li> </ol></ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>