Ericka Beavers Guest Post
Marc Cuban, Owner of Dallas Mavericks and television personality on Shark Tank, founded this company because of an issue he has few years ago with the SEC. Hackers found Cuban’s old Snaps and brought them to light. This resulted in legal trouble for Marc, and this prompted him to launch his own encrypted messaging application.
The idea of this application is that you can chat with your friends and send all the pictures you want, knowing that nothing will be saved to a storage device of any kind. This is what differs Cyber Dust from similar apps like Snapchat. Every Snap you send is saved to a storage device, so in the event you get hacked, the messages you thought were “confidential” could resurface. This is exactly what happened to billionaire Shark on the ABC show, Shark Tank, and is what motivated Marc to start this company in the first place.
Unfortunately, screenshots are all-too-common this day in age. As Cyber Dust gained more ground, a common criticism and MAJOR setback for this app was that there’s no way to ensure screenshots cannot be taken. A statement under the FAQ section in the app reads as follows,
“Currently, Cyber Dust does not completely prevent screenshots from being taken because taking a screenshot is a built-in feature of your device. We hide the username of the friend you are chatting with the separate chat content from the username. We are working on a solution to completely prevent screenshots on the future.”
All being said, Cyber Dust remains the safer encrypted messaging app, because as Cuban stated, nothing ever touches a storage device. This ensures safety and confidentiality for the senders, and there is beauty in that we can all appreciate.
The link to her blog is placed below! Check it out! She has helpful hints, videos, and tips on the awesome ways you can use Cyberdust.
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