She’s obviously a monster.
However:
Authorities were notified by Snapchat itself after the company flagged the message as possibly illegal, and FBI agents contacted Stapp at her home just 10 days after the message was sent.
Most shocking part of the story?
What about this is shocking? That unencrypted messages are read by governments? That it took them 10 days to follow up? That people still use snapchat?
That Snapchat flagged and reported illegal content. Did you even read the quoted paragraph?
It’s pretty expected at this point. Snapchat was found early on to be keeping all of the photos people took for legal coverage. Only makes sense they’d have tool to automatically flag and review that content.
If you’re not using a service whose entire focus is security and privacy (I would consider Snapchat to be more of a social platform, even though they advertise differently), assume you are always being watched.
It’s not the fault of the user they’re being watched, but something we should be aware of.
All that said, glad she was caught. Fuck her.
Nah man.
32 years old and seven children is the most shocking part of this whole thing.
Having unencrypted messages and automated flagging of specific stuff can actually be a good thing.
In the fight for privacy I do realize kids can be in danger and a decent solution is to keep them on monitored platforms.
“Rape”, not “assault”
