You can never be too careful on the web, especially when it comes to sharing personal photos, videos, and other sensitive information. The following Snapchat privacy tips can help keep your account secure. To enable two-factor authentication on Snapchat, go to your Profile > Settings, then tap the button beside SMS Verification to turn it on. Snapchat will walk you through the process of getting it all set up. You can choose to allow only your friends to contact you (a.k.a. the accounts you’ve actually added to your friend list) or everyone to contact you. And this goes for all methods of contact, including photo snaps, video snaps, text chats, and even calls. Since anyone can randomly add your username just by chance or find your snapcode somewhere online if you previously took a screenshot of it, it’s best to make sure that just your friends can contact you. To do this, go to Settings, look for the Contact Me option under the Who Can… heading, and tap My Friends so a checkmark appears next to it. For celebrities, and public figures, and brands on Snapchat with large followings, enabling everyone to view their stories helps them stay connected with their followers. You, however, may just want to your friends (the people you added) to see your stories. You also have the option to build a custom list of users who can view them. Like the previous tips, you can access this option under Settings. Scroll down to the Who Can section and tap View My Story. Then, you can select Everyone, My Friends or Custom to build a custom list. If you have your Quick Add setting enabled, you’ll show up in Quick Add section of your friends’ friends.If you don’t want to show up there, you can turn this setting off by tapping Profile > Settings (gear icon) and selecting See Me in Quick Add. Anyone who takes a screenshot of your snaps could post it anywhere online or show it to anyone they want. While it’s typically harmless to snap and see screenshot notifications from extremely close friends and relatives you trust, it never hurts to be extra conscious of what you’re sending them, just in case. Snapchat will notify you within the app itself if someone takes a screenshot, but you can also get them as instant phone notifications by keeping Snapchat notifications enabled within the main settings of your device. In addition to sharing usernames, users will often post screenshots of their snapcodes, which are QR codes that other users can scan using their Snapchat cameras to automatically add them as a friend. If you don’t want a bunch of random users adding you as a friend, don’t publish a screenshot of your snapcode anywhere online. But, you may want to keep some saved snaps private. So when you’re showing friends your memories on your device, you can avoid quickly swiping through snaps you don’t want them to see by moving them to your My Eyes Only section. To do this: Before hitting that arrow button to send, get into the habit of double checking who’s on the recipient list. If you’re doing that from within the camera tab by replying to someone’s snap, tap their username at the bottom and check/check off who you do or don’t want to be included as a recipient. If you post a story that you immediately regret:
