The official Snapchat company blog, announcing features like Replays, Snapcash and Discover, and responding to the 2013 phone number lookup abuse.
HN commenters cite it in discussions of Snapchat's security failures, pricing of replays, and its documented response to the Find Friends abuse.
This makes no sense to me.
1) why are you singling out girls?
2) I was under the impression most of the minors sharing lewd photos on snapchat were sharing them with other minors. Sexuality in adolescents is pretty normal and healthy from my own experience and what I've read. The medium is fresh but afaik the behavior isn't. Therefore, I think "abuse" is hardly the appropriate word.
If you're insinuating that predators are using this software and snapchat is somehow protecting them, they've been pretty clear about cooperating with law enforcement in the past: http://blog.snapchat.com/post/64036804085/who-can-view-my-snaps-and-stories
I don't use the app, I think it's silly, but lots of my peers (20somethings) do and have been of age since the app existed. It's not built on abusing underage girls. It's a low friction sharing platform. Blaming the users' behavior/content choices on the platform seems asinine.
On Christmas Eve, that same group publicly documented our API, making it easier for individuals to abuse our service and violate our Terms of Use.
Security through obscurity? Great way of protecting your users.
It's pathetic that they believe that others haven't already worked out their protocol and were using it.
Funny how they have had to quickly backtrack from this blog post:
http://blog.snapchat.com/post/71353347590/finding-friends-with-phone-numbers
Snapchat devs explained how to create the database on Dez 27th:
Theoretically, if someone were able to upload a huge set
of phone numbers, like every number in an area code, or
every possible number in the U.S., they could create a
database of the results and match usernames to phone
numbers that way.
http://blog.snapchat.com/post/71353347590/finding-friends-with-phone-numbers
omg
@99cent for 3 replays that equals $120 an hour assuming the max 10 seconds per pic/vid
is pricey as even SC says: They’re a little pricey — but time is money! ;)
http://blog.snapchat.com/post/129151515055/a-whole-new-way-to-see-yourselfie
Snapchat runs on GAE so it must not be too bad.
http://blog.snapchat.com/
http://blog.snapchat.com/post/102895720555/introducing-snapcash