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Sexting Solution? App Kills Image After 10 Seconds

Snapchat might help prevent post-text embarrassment

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2012 5:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – Good news for naked celebrities: A new app lets people send sexts with less chance they'll leak online. Snapchat allows users to set potentially embarrassing photo messages to delete themselves within seconds. It even warns senders when a recipient tries to take a screenshot of a message, the website psfk reports. Of course, as the New York Times points out, "there’s nothing to stop someone from taking a photograph of his smartphone screen with another camera."

A promotional shot of the application.
A promotional shot of the application.   (Apple.com)
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danton3
May 13, 2012 3:16 PM CDT
this article was very well written. I t also happened to be too short. There were not very many negative things to say, which is good. I am both amazed and stupified by the authors' angle....it seemed very PRO towards sexting...but not overly enthusiastic.
Rational.-Anarchist
May 8, 2012 8:41 PM CDT
Why do this stupid stuff in the first place?
wonderjolie
May 8, 2012 8:12 PM CDT
It only "warns" that a screenshot was taken. So the person can still take the screenshot? How does this help?
 

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