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Snapchat can no longer legally claim that photos sent over its service are ephemeral, disappear forever and aren't saved, after a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission today. Snapchat is a private messaging app for sending photos that are supposed to disappear automatically after a certain amount of time. The idea is that Alice could send Bob a photo and feel secure that there was no way Bob could save the photo or share it with other people, or that anyone else could accidentally find the photo that was meant only for Bob.