Cautions for those who use Snapchat

Many users do not know that Snapchat their publications are not really "temporary" and tend to share content that would never think to publish other social networks.

The Snapchat became a serious case of popularity in a short time and today has over 100 million users, a number that continues to grow by the day, especially among younger people.

The advantage that makes Snapchat stand out from other applications is the ability to send photos and "temporary" videos to your friends.



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For those who are unfamiliar with the app, you take a picture or video and send to your friends, you can only see it for a few seconds (maximum 10). You can also add a photo or video to your "story", which can be seen by anyone on your friends list, but the content is automatically deleted after 24 hours.

But although they advertise as a service of temporary messages, they actually are not so ephemeral, and belief leads to users to share content you would never think to publish other social networks.

Kaspersky Lab has therefore decided to leave some tips to improve the security of your Snapshat account.

Passwords



This advice extends to any web service that requires a password, not just social networks, although given the contents of a personal nature that share these platforms, it is particularly important to be careful with the account protection.

And here, the passwords are really important, and should be changed often and never reused.

Privacy



Although there are people who like to share on social networks all aspects of your life, most prefer to publish only for people who know. If this is the case, check your account settings and make sure that all share in his "History" is only seen by friends, not for all.

Also, check your friends list and make sure you really know them all. If someone try to add without the know may be facing a spambot or some curious.

Also an option called "Live", a compilation of news events, travel, places or other things, but keep in mind that posting here can be seen by everyone.

Temporary



Although the "temporary" sounds great, there are many ways around this nature. The simplest and most obvious is the ability to make a screen capture on the phone.

If quick enough, you can easily make a screen capture of any Snapchat received, keeping the picture by the time you want.

The person who sent the image will be notified of the action, but this does not prevent any activity less well-meaning by those who make the print screen.

It is also important to note that anything published on the Internet never really comes to disappear. In terms of the terms and conditions Snapchat states that the app has "the right to store and share any photo to be published in the application."

Although the company claims to do so only in specific and necessary moments, it brings a number of potential issues related to the privacy of users, so it is important to be cautious with the photos changed in this application.

More tips



Another recommendation for those who care about the privacy of your photos is never connect any third-party application to Snapchat account.

These sources are often less secure, as many have learned the hard way on a massive violation of photos that happened in 2014 and christened "The Snappening".

The Snapchat app also discourages the use of third-party applications, so it is best to follow his advice this. When a Snapchat account is attacked, usually the result is to send a spam message to all contacts in the user's friends list.

If you that your account was attacked immediately reset your password. And if you receive a spam message that the account of a friend, let them know as soon as possible that your account has been targeted by hackers.