Snapchat finally apologizes after data theft suffered

It seems that the problems of the messaging application and sending of ephemeral photos and videos of Snapchat have only just begun this new year 2014. And the thing is that the service suffered an attack at the end of 2013 which led to the theft of information from more than 4. 6 million users Something that, of course, did not please its users. And even less that those responsible did not ask for forgiveness after everything that happened.Finally, this question has been carried out, while the application was updated to offer a new security option.

Once again it was through the official Snapchat blog from where the controversy arose. In a brief statement, the application team has confirmed the release of new versions of Snapchat for both the Android platform as for iPhone In them there is now the possibility to unlink the user's phone number from their account in the application, thus preventing possible thefts from checking your data from outside Snapchat Of course, for that You must first have created this link by providing the phone number.

But what has surprised users and has caught the attention of many specialized media is the final sentence of the statementAnd it is that in it those responsible for Snapchat ask forgiveness openly “for the problems this attack has caused” to its users, in addition to thanking many for the support they have given them. A most controversial point after the attack for having taken a couple of days to officially report on it, and without ever intoning a mea culpa until the date.

All of this has the aggravating circumstance that the security or privacy problems of this application were known since last August, when a security expert disclosed it. After reinforcing it with new security barriers, a new threat appeared in December. Finally, the commented attack that allowed the theft of information from millions of users ( although it did not affect the shared content) took place.That is why many expected a little more humility from Snapchat, who has reported of the event, explaining the keys that have produced it, but without showing an iota of responsibility towards its users. Until now.

With all this it is hoped that the privacy problems of Snapchat will come to an end, or at least that the waters will calm down for a season. And it is that users who wish to do so only have to access the menu Settings to unlink their account from their phone number, thus avoiding any type of abuse. In addition, they must know that those responsible do regret what happened and work so that this type of situation does not occur again. Always appreciating the patience and support of users loyal to this tool.

New versions of Snapchat can now be fully downloaded free for both Android and iPhone via Google Play and App Store, respectively.