Snapchat

From a school perspective, I wouldn't touch it as a matter of policy. Given the nature of it, it would be very easy for there to be confusion and false accusations and neither side would have evidence to support or refute allegations.

But, isn't this the (only) way college coaches can directly reach out to recruits before their senior year?

They can also use Twitter and Facebook, right?  Those conversations are archived unless you delete them.  I don't use Snapchat but I believe Matt's correct - the conversations expire.

 

 

Yes, JCG, my bad.  Unclear to me what snapchat adds.

Kids like it because their parents are not on it, and it uses video. 

 

Most likely correct. However, for kids reading this…be careful with what you put on your "Snap Stories" to friends. Coaches and scouts have accounts also, and opening a late night photo or video from a potential recruit or prospect probably doesn't lead to anything beneficial for that player.

 

Yes, and that's true regarding all social media platforms for anyone who is applying for college or for a job.

 

Snapchats don't disappear forever.  It's a good marketing ploy to get people to sign up for their service.  You get a subpoena / court order and someone who knows where / how to look for them they will come back to haunt you.

 

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BTW - I love snapchatting but I'm also smart enough not to put anything on there that will come back to haunt me.  Same with any social media.  To be honest I don't understand those who are scared of social media.  You have control over what you put on your social media.  As long as you're not making bad choices then it doesn't matter.

At the volume that the audience in question uses the app, I would assess that it is virtually impossible to get most pics that are received via Snapchat using this methodology. If the device in question is not heavily used for other applications, then traditional storage-recovery means may work.

I'm not going to say you're wrong but I know this - if someone takes a pic of something they shouldn't have to someone they shouldn't have then it ends up being used against them in court......I wouldn't be surprised.  Nothing ever truly goes away and if there is something there then it could come back to haunt you.  So my whole premise is still true - don't put anything out there that you wouldn't want out there.

I agree with that premise entirely. Even if Snapchat or a similar application ends up being not recoverable, there's no way of preventing the recipient from recording it through other means or having an audience viewing it. If someone were to send a pic of his junk to a minor who happened to have friends around when it was opened, that in of itself is enough to hem him up even if the pic no longer exists.

 

For what it's worth, I intended my post not to be a hijack, but a simple tidbit of information, based on my experience with forensic analysis of storage media (to include mobile devices.) I will throw this advice out there for the good of the general order: if you do receive something through a "self-deleting" app like this that you want to preserve for legal purposes, do the recovery as soon as possible. The amount of re-writing of the storage media is going to be the key to the potential recovery of that data.

Agreed.

 

Unfortunately, too many people (teenagers and adults, alike) seem to think of them as being privy only to their friends.

 

Act the fool and, chances are, someone will think you're foolish.