Exactly. Getting individual users to care about privacy or security is ultimately a cultural thing. In the US (which probably has most of Snapchat's users), the attitude of the general public to this seems to be pretty gung-ho, leading to this being a non-event.
I suspect (but can't be sure) that if something like this happened, in, say, Germany, it would generate far more impact and press attention. Most of my US acquaintances who are college students don't give two hoots about privacy -- they are far too busy marketing themselves to the world as much as possible.
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Exactly. Getting individual users to care about privacy or security is ultimately a cultural thing. In the US (which probably has most of Snapchat's users), the attitude of the general public to this seems to be pretty gung-ho, leading to this being a non-event.
I suspect (but can't be sure) that if something like this happened, in, say, Germany, it would generate far more impact and press attention. Most of my US acquaintances who are college students don't give two hoots about privacy -- they are far too busy marketing themselves to the world as much as possible.