so my friends use snap (im not the biggest fan but it looks fun enough) and i want to use it too to yk yeah yk like 🤫 but im kinda concerned about privacy type shii 🥀 i was considering putting the official app on a work profile, but i thought that it would be good to get a third party client anyway

EDIT: ouu shii im getting mass downvoted but pretty understandable 🥹

  • curbstickle ( curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ) 
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    2 months ago

    Third party apps haven’t been a thing for a while, people were saving snaps without notifying the user who sent the pictures, resulting in the whole thing going against their purpose (and why they got popular - mostly sending nudes because they disappeared).

    So they cracked down pretty hard.

    In terms of privacy, assume nothing on the platform is private.

  • nfreak ( nfreak@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Following for interest. It’s the most sketchy social media app I linger on to just to keep in touch with a small handful of folks. It’d be nice to find an alternative client. Last I checked I don’t think there are any revanced/morphe patches for it, though I should check that again.

  • unitedwithme ( unitedwithme@lemmy.today ) 
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    If you use* an XMPP client like Jabber, Prosody, or Snikket, I believe you can set do not keep messages on server and they expire. However, I don’t think they expire once viewed. Maybe like 24hr.

    Unless you’re looking for a private front end or something like a 3rd party client? Snap blocked those years ago when people figured out how* to screenshot without alerting the sender.

    Fixed spelling errors