When we have social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram already ruling the world of sharing what made Snapchat any different from them that it became the favourite networking site for the teenagers and young adults? Well where as the other sites will let you share your pictures, videos and message your friends Snapchat does all that and adds a little bit of magic in the end, they all vanish!

• Pictures: when you share a picture on Snapchat you have an option to choose for how much time you want the picture assessable to the receiver, it can be as less as 10 seconds. And once the time is up the picture is permanently deleted from the device and there is no record of the picture again.
• Video: The videos you share on Snapchat can be watched only twice from the same device or account and not more than that. Once the two times is up the video gets automatically deleted.
• Messages: you can have endless conversations with your friends in Snapchat and still leave no trace of it anywhere. The chats will be deleted automatically from both the parties devices with out need of your permission and moreover you can’t save the conversation even if you want to.

Well this discreet feature had attracted mainly the teenagers a lot. The other networking sites will have your all public posts available for the parents and other uninvited guests to check whenever they wished. But here they don’t know what pictures and videos they are sharing unless they want them to know. So the Snapchat users have great advantage to decide what to share, whom to share and for how much time to share. This is considered as a safety feature as it stops others from unauthorized utilisation of your pics.

Other side of the coin

The above mentioned distinctive features are also the ones causing problems. Where as in case of teenagers, sharing anything and getting away with it as there is no proof had pushed them to share inappropriate pictures and videos for their age or engage in conversations with strangers which is considered as threat. When it came to adults it became to easy app to share unauthorized information at workplaces as any breach in security can’t be traced back to culprit due to the features in the app. This became a problem for the parents and also at work places. And for some others the restrictions on saving or downloading the pictures has pushed them to go Extreme measures to gain total access whenever they want togiving raise to Snapchat spying hack.

Legal stance

Spying on others is illegal, even in the case of spouse and romantic partners. But spying on children is said to be legal when parents own both the phones. Spying on Snapchat has become dangerously easily in recent times. They are numerous apps online that you can download for free and by entering minimum information you can spy on others Snapchat accounts even without them knowing it. Doing this is illegal and you will be faced with criminal charges. The stance is Same even with respect to companies, any information you gathered from Snapchat can’t be considered as proof under law.

Parent- child situation

It’s true that the only reason for spying on your kids Snapchat account is for their own safety and to protect them from any possible threats. The decision to spy on your kid is completely up to you, it’s better to first teach the kid to be responsible when sharing things on social media. And if you opt to keep on eye on their Snapchat account don’t just download some free app from net as there are many fake apps that can cause damage to your phone or charge you more than necessary. The good software usually have monthly  or yearly subscriptions, they will enable you to automatically save all the pictures, videos and messages on the device you choose and check them any time you wish. Even thought it is suggested to stay away from any kind of hacking Snapchat spy hack is being used vividly.