The U.S president-Barack Obama said Sasha (his daughter) had recorded him discussing the social network (snapchat) at a family dinner and then quietly posted a reaction to her friends. This is not the first time the president has discussed his 15-year-old's online activities.
In July, he said she also tweets, leading several media outlets to try to identify her account. It remains Secret.
Likewise, a copy of the described snapchat post has not been made public. Messages posted to the app are designed to disappear after being viewed or within a short period of time, but there are ways to circumvent the restrictions.
"Sasha gave me instructions on snapchat", he said.
One night at dinner, we were sitting there and I had heard that snapchat was becoming really popular among her age cohort. So I said: 'So tell me about snapchat'.
"So, she starts explaining stuff - you can make little faces on your picture, and this and that and the other.
"And at the end of it, Michelle and I were sitting there. And I said: 'Isn't this interesting?'
"And I started talking to Michelle about the implications of social media and what all this means.
"[And
I] came to find out she was recording us the whole time, and then sent
to her friends afterwards: 'This is my dad lecturing us on the meaning
of social media.'
"And she took a picture of herself sort of looking bored."
The president added that his wife - who joined Snapchat in June - and his eldest daughter Malia had "loved" the post.
Sasha Obama
E-mail Leaks
The president also mentioned that his own iPhone was limited to
receiving emails and browsing the internet, and would not take photos,
play music or make calls.
"My rule has been throughout my presidency, that I assume that someday, some time, somebody will read this email," he said.
"So, I don't send any email that at some point won't be on the front page of the newspapers."
President Obama
Hillary
Clinton - who is campaigning to be the next commander-in-chief - has
been beset by a scandal over leaked emails, while her rival Donald Trump
has been accused of using outdated software on his company's email
servers.
President Obama also said that he expected technology to preoccupy his successor.
"One
of the biggest challenges... is going to be: how do we continue to get
all the benefits of being in cyberspace but protect our finances,
protect our privacy?
"How do we balance issues of security?
Because people expect the government to monitor this enough to protect
them from bad guys.
"But they worry that if government is in there too much, then who is going to protect them from government?
"This is going to be a big debate that we're going to have for a long time
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