The application Snapchat υπόσχεται να εξαφανίζει τις photos σας, τα βίντεο και τα μηνύματα σας. Βέβαια, άλλο το υπόσχομαι και άλλο το κάνω πράξη. Σύμφωνα με μια νέα έκθεση η service it is not as safe as it promises.
The popular app was singled out in a survey published Thursday not for its performance, but because it got just one out of six stars for how it protects its customers' data from government requests. The annual survey by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, evaluated more than 24 companies in a variety of sectors. One of the characteristics he evaluated was better safety provided by the company when a government requests data from users using the service.
The Snapchat service barely got a star on the policy it followed in the guidelines set by law enforcement.
"This is particularly worrying because the Snapchat service collects extremely sensitive data from its users, and may endanger users' photos," the EFF report said. “Due to the large number of users and non-users whose photos end up on Snapchat, the service should publicly commit to requiring permission before submitting its users' data to law enforcement. We invite them to change course. ”
The company naturally denied EFF's allegations that it was delivering the data, even in the absence of a warrant. Service spokeswoman Mary Ritti told HuffPost that the company "usually requires a warrant when it receives a request from the authorities."
EFF's report adds to Snapchat's critical criticism in 3's years of operation.
Last week, the controversial company paid a fine to the Federal Trade Commission because it deceived users with its statement that it was removing messages sent through the service, how much data was collected and the security measures that followed.
On May 8, the company said that issues had been resolved and that it was continuing "to invest in security and to avoid abuse."
In January, Anonymous released the phone numbers and usernames of 4,6 million Snapchat users. A group of security researchers later said the company had ignored their warnings about a major security flaw in its website that allowed hackers to take personal data of its users.
