Announcement: Snapchat Settles With FTC After Being Dishonest With Users About Privacy

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2014-05-10T17:30:02-06:00

Snapchat has entered into a consent decree with the FTC to address concerns over the company's privacy policy, app description, and in-app notifications after Snapchat was at the center of a huge data breach last year, exposing 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers. According to the FTC, the security breach was in direct contradiction to promises made by the service around security and…