Regulating screen time is hard enough these days. Some apps, though, make it even harder. One app you need to be vigilant about is Snapchat. According to an article in Huffington Post, the app is worth worrying about.
In a nutshell, Snapchat allows users to take a photo and send it to a friend before it "self-destructs in under 10 seconds," says Ann Brenoff. In other words, just the kind of app you don't want your tween or teen using.
Farhad Manjoo, from Slate, also condemned the app which, by "...combining cameras; young people; and secret, self-destructing messages" can only mean one thing: bad news.
Brenoff deems Snap the "ideal tool for sexting: You get to show off your privates and there's no evidence left for extortion later." Indeed, makes you assume the photos sent must be some shade of inappropriate if they have to be instantly deleted.
Harmless? I doubt it. Unlike the images of Snapchat, this message won't self-destruct. Parents, you've been warned.
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