Snapchat is ideal for sending naughty pictures, as the photo-sharing app makes photos self-destruct after a few seconds. Yes, there is always the risk of someone secretly taking a screenshot or exploiting a loophole. But as long as you send the photo to someone you trust, it can’t stay on their phone for more than a moment. And since Snapchat is currently dealing with an issue where spammers are sending pornographic photos to people through the service, the fact that the images are short-lived is likely a relief for users who get the unexpected glimpse.
Snapchat reported the problem on its blog, and co-founder Evan Spiegel apologized for the problem. He described the spam situation as the work of one individual who created numerous accounts and noted, “Our engineering team responded quickly (good job guys!) by temporarily shutting down new account creation and preventing Snapchatters from receiving snaps from friends they had previously not added on Snapchat.”
However, this doesn’t mean the problem is solved, as the service will falter if it prevents people from creating accounts. And with over 150 million Snapchats sent every day, this is a growing service and unlikely to proactively dampen potential growth by policing new accounts in a way that seriously hinders adding more users.
Most of the time, people know who is sending them Snapchats, although the default setting allows strangers to send each other pictures. But unless you change your settings so that only your verified friends can send you photos, you can get Snapchat from anyone at your service – and that includes spammers.
As Snapchat continues to grow, it is seriously doubtful that it will be able to completely root out spammers, even those of the pornographic variety. So what can a growing photo sharing app do?
Since Snapchat can’t put a universal kibosh on spammers, its users must take steps to curb the problem. Fortunately, it’s really simple. Just go to your settings and under “Who can send me snaps” select “only my friends”. This means you can no longer get snapshots from random selections. And if somehow a spammer ends up on your friends list, you can block them.
This is not an ideal solution as it requires the user to be proactive, but at least there is a way to stop seeing unexpected genitalia – the worst kind of genitalia.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn