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DeletionIllusion 3 - 09 May 2013 - Main.JamieCrooks
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This post on the New Yorker's website today by Matt Buchanan has some interesting observations about our generation's proclivity for sharing. Not much will be new to this class, but I found it a bit discomforting that Buchanan (and supposedly those from whom he gets his input on young folks' attitude) is intrigued by Snapchat, the new-ish social media phenomenon that allows users to share pictures and texts with each other for a short time; after a period of up to ten seconds (the duration is chosen by the sender) the data is deleted from the recipient's phone. Buchanan finds Snapchat a welcome relief from the constant documentation we're expected to engage in:
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As a follow up, as predicted some more digging (by people with much more tech savvy than I have) has shown that, not only do Snapchat's servers keep our data -- so do the phones that send and received them. The "deletion" that occurs is nothing more than a renaming of the file, which can be found again, renamed once more, and re-viewed. Here are some articles talking about the issue:

http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-doesnt-delete-your-private-pictures-2013-5

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25106057&nid=148

-- JamieCrooks - 09 May 2013

 
 
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