Snapchat
Mobile visual messaging; review visibility and location settings before posting.
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Understand a message’s apparent lifetime
Check audience, location and saving settings before sending media.
Check first: A recipient may capture or retain content described as temporary.
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Review privacy and location sharing
Snapchat supports messages, Snaps and Stories. Its help collects privacy settings. Review who can contact you, see content and access location information. Temporary formats do not establish that a recipient cannot retain a copy.
- Contacts
- Review contact and visibility options.
- Location
- Check sharing and recipients.
Does temporary content prevent all retention?
No. Choose recipients and content while considering possible copies.
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