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In practice, this is actually pretty difficult to do. They can send you cease and desist, block you via the ToS, threaten legal action, add stronger crypto, etc. It's different than DRM because Snapchat owns the entire system.

Also, once your friends realize you're using the "Snapchat recorder" they'll stop sending you snaps entirely.



> It's different than DRM because Snapchat owns the entire system.

That's strange, I'm pretty sure I own my own phone.


s/system/service

they read bits from the camera api, transmit them, and draw them on the recipients screen. they don't need to be compatible with any 3rd party like DRM-restricted systems.


> draw them on the recipients screen

Which means it's available, unencrypted, at the framebuffer.


It's going to be a cat-and-mouse game. In this case, the mouse is pretty far ahead an has $80MM in the bank.





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