Snapchat is a messaging app that allows the sharing of videos and images that "disappear" after just a few seconds. It offers a sense of privacy by promising it will erase photos. It is popular as a tool for sending nude images by the users who are mostly teenagers.
Lately, hackers had boasted of having access to 13 gigabytes' (GB) worth of pictures that had been intercepted over a number of years. Speculation as to the source of the leak has pointed towards two third-party, unauthorized services that offered the ability to save Snapchat messages permanently.
At the start of this year, 4.6m usernames and phone numbers were leaked online. More recently, the service has been suffering from spam messages being sent out from users' accounts without their knowledge.
The hack of third-party apps reveals another flaw in Snapchat's platform and questions the company's commitment to security. Snapchat isn't doing enough to protect its software. That's why third-party apps can hack its platform and your very private nude images.
Whatever messages, nude pictures and videos etc. sent will come back to bite you in your naked then fat butt. Just a thought.
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