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Invisible Text Offers Up Disappearing Email, Calls

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Los Angeles-based startup Invisible Text is hoping the attractiveness of disappearing messages--made popular by Snapchat--might rub off on its new software, saying Wednesday that it is launching a new set of apps for the iPhone to let users send disappearing email and to make secure phone calls that do not leave a footprint.

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Snapchat's Spiegel Apologizes For Emails

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About now, Evan Spiegel , the CEO of Venice, California-based Snapchat , is probably wishing he''d started the company earlier--and used its disappearing messages, instead of email. The emails were unearthed and exposed by ValleyWag. fraternity frat disappearing emails leaked spiegel evan snapchat' READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Hit By Collateral Damage From Sony Hack

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Venice-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat is the latest victim of the hacking of Sony Pictures by a hacking group, which is believed to be backed by North Korea. snapchat sony hacker guardiansofpeace north korea' press to profit from juicy corporate tidbits stolen and released by the hackers. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Snapchat Employees Abused Tool To Spy On Users

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Employees of Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , have been abusing access to a tool--SnapLion--that allows them to retrieve user data, including saved Snaps, location information, phone numbers, and email addresses, according to a report.

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Snapchat Hit By Phishing Attack, Employees Compromised

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Venice, California-based Snapchat said over the weekend that a number of its employees have had their identities compromised, after one of its employees feel for a phishing scam, and revealed payroll information about a number of its employees. READ MORE>>.

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Report: More Than 50,000 Snapchat Users Phished

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The identities and credentials for more than 50,000 Snapchat users have been stolen and posted to the Internet, after a massive phishing attack on Snapchat's users, according to a report. READ MORE>>.

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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

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In 2016 I finally cracked SnapChat with the launch of Discovery. It’s hard to be discovered on SnapChat right now so I occasionally tweet my SnapChat add handle: https://www.snapchat.com/add/msuster. So this dude on Twitter says that I’m “trying to hard” because I’m using SnapChat in a new way. Stay young.

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