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Breaching the safe haven of Snapchat

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By Thomas Connelly on

Law students…and judges, beware.

With photos sent via Snapchat automatically deleted after they have been viewed for ten seconds, the mobile app has been considered a safe way to share potentially sensitive images.

Well it used to be, anyway, until people started screenshotting Snapchat pictures and uploading them to Twitter…

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The above photo, of an unsuspecting Sussex University law student, is relatively harmless. But this one of a US judge in action seems potentially riskier. Are such things allowed in the US?

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