Providing secure storage of content and controlling content usage by social media applications

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, content from a client device associated with a user,
• a social media application being granted access to the content based on a permission of the user;
• generating, by the device, a link for the content,
• the link including a metadata tag identifying the content;
• storing, by the device, the content, the link, and information identifying the social media application;
• receiving, by the device, information indicating that the content is be provided in a post associated with the social media application;
• providing, by the device, the link for the content to a social media server device associated with the social media application;
• receiving, by the device, a selection of the link for the content from another client device associated with another user that is viewing the post via the social media application;
• providing, by the device, the content, in a secure format, to the other client device based on the selection of the link;
• receiving, by the device and from the client device, information indicating that the content is to be deleted;
• providing, by the device and to the client device, an option to download the content to the client device prior to deleting the content;
• receiving, by the device and from the client device, a request to download the content based on the option;
• providing, by the device, the content to the client device based on the request to download the content and prior to deleting the content;
• deleting, by the device, the content;
• and
• instructing, by the device, the social media server device to remove the link from the post associated with the social media application.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive content from a client device associated with a user,
• a social media application being granted access to the content based on a permission of the user;
• generate a link for the content,
• the link including a metadata tag identifying the content;
• receive information indicating that the content is be provided in a post associated with the social media application;
• provide the link for the content to the post associated with the social media application;
• receive a selection of the link for the content from another client device associated with another user that is viewing the post via the social media application;
• provide the content, in a secure format, to the other client device based on the selection of the link;
• receive, from the client device, information indicating that the content is to be deleted;
• provide, to the client device, an option to download the content to the client device prior to deleting the content;
• receive, from the client device, a request to download the content based on the option;
• provide the content to the client device based on the request to download the content and prior to deleting the content;
• and
• delete the content.