Comment by matheusmoreira
3 years ago
This "feature" is placebo. All they have to do is save the data somewhere else and your "power" to delete the messages is gone. Simple screenshots will suffice.
3 years ago
This "feature" is placebo. All they have to do is save the data somewhere else and your "power" to delete the messages is gone. Simple screenshots will suffice.
Just as exploding messages are subject to retention by the other party. Yet the friction of doing so makes opportunistic abuse harder by somewhat trustworthy and decent people.
>somewhat trustworthy and decent people.
You have a measurement problem here. Unless you can fast forward to the end of these trustworthy and decedent peoples life and give a quick review as it pertains to you and your information, you have no idea if any of these people are trustworthy at all.
It's an exercise in probability that's impossible to measure.
If you have a social life there are people in your circles of varying degrees of trust and interests, and as people change, you want your inner life and history's exposure to them to change as well. I feel like you are treating a complex phenomenon that you can obtain regular feedback from like something that's complete-trust or zero-trust.
There has been a use for exploding messages, and there's a use for deletable messages too, despite the screenshottability by zero-trust parties.