Off the Record in a Chat App? Don’t Be Sure - NYTimes.com

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"“There’s a huge disconnect between what we mean when we say anonymity in the colloquial sense and what it means in a technical sense,” said Ms. Boyd, who wrote “It’s Complicated,” a book about technology habits and use.

And even Evan Spiegel, one of Snapchat’s founders, seemed to acknowledge as much in an interview.

“Nothing ever goes away on the Internet,” he said."

Off the Record in a Chat App? Don’t Be Sure - NYTimes.com