Snapchat is continuing to make it big in the social media industry. This application has amassed millions of users in a relatively short span of time. The Snapchat filters are a rage and people love the various cool features that are regularly updated to the application.
What continues to amaze us is the fact that so many users from the Younger age group are choosing to be on this particular application instead of any other. Apart from that, Snapchat is amongst the most sought-after applications when it comes to celebrities as well.
Since the demographic associated with this application is pretty young, it is imperative and rather incumbent on Team Snapchat to protect the data of its users against any misuse.
In light of this, Snapchat notifies its user if their chat or snap is being recorded or a screenshot is being taken and hence the snaps/pictures that we share with our friends on Snapchat usually disappear after 10 seconds whereas the stories shared on this portal usually stay there for 24 hours and then disappear.
It is due to this feature, that people were prompted to share some of the most intimate information on their portal. Owing to that, the privacy and protection of the user’s data are imperative.
Now let us tell you about the flip side of this. Let us tell you how people might find a way around the privacy and security provisions of this application.
In 2017, iPhone came up with an update that allowed its users to screen record whatever was happening on their screens and the thing about this update was that there was no way for a Snapchat to detect this kind of activity.
Although, there are a few third-party applications that might detect this activity their utility and amalgamation with Snapchat are very much up in the air.
We will walk you through the manner in which Snapchat notifies you when you screen record.
Does Snapchat Notify when you Screen Record?
1) If you take a screenshot of someone’s snap the person will be notified with a double green arrow beside your name in their viewer's list.
2) If your screen records someone’s snap or chats then too they will be notified with a double green arrow beside your name in their viewer's list.
3) Apart from that a notification will appear in chat informing you about the screenshot that has just been taken or the screen recording that has just been done.
Also, another thing that can happen where Snapchat might not be able to detect this activity is when a person puts their phone on airplane mode. This kind of thing deters Snapchat from detecting if anything like a screenshot or a screen recording is taking place.
Conclusion:
With over 200 million users daily, Snapchat has a moral and ethical responsibility to protect the information it’s from and for this reason, Team Snapchat keeps on coming up with novel updates to allow the user to harness the use and dissipation of their data.
