Re:AIM will be discontinued today
by zjaffee on Friday December 15, 2017 @02:34PM
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Sure, but the point is that they aren't retained, and in turn, leave young people in a position where they won't be blackmailed as adults for the shitty things they said as a teenager on platforms they thought were safe.
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They are retained by the other organizations. It's good that at least snapchat itself removes it's copies though.
Who are the other organizations? You sound super sure, I feel like I missed a news story recently that you read.
I'm not sure if there has been confirmation anywhere but it would be foolish to assume nobody is storing the messages you send on a closed platform. You don't know how it works so your only safe assumption is the worst case.