> full-service dealers advertise their wares is through Snapchat or WhatsApp:
Oh dear, just because a snap disappears doesn't mean a record doesn't exist.
While Snapchat (I don't know about WhatsApp) says that they "typically" don't retain your expired story data, you only need one of your friends/followers to be using a third-party app that does capture and retain data for your record to persist.
I'm guessing that the moment an account is of interest to law enforcement, a social network organization is obligated to start persisting and reporting account data.
Oh dear, just because a snap disappears doesn't mean a record doesn't exist.
While Snapchat (I don't know about WhatsApp) says that they "typically" don't retain your expired story data, you only need one of your friends/followers to be using a third-party app that does capture and retain data for your record to persist.
I'm guessing that the moment an account is of interest to law enforcement, a social network organization is obligated to start persisting and reporting account data.