Although Snapchat has been the messaging application that has promoted the concept of ephemeral and private, there are already several cases in which its users have been seen compromised Either by messages from spam massively received, due to the information theft that occurred at the beginning of the year or, curiously, due to the recent and alleged theft of images that should have been removed from the InternetAnd this is precisely the last case, in which the most curious thing is that Snapchat is not to blame for anything.
Thus, the famous forum 4Chan where the Celebgate has been released or filtering of hundreds of images of recently nude celebrities, will host the next day on October 12 the publication of near 200,000 photos from Snapchat users who believed their images had been removed within seconds of being viewed by the recipient. And that is the mechanics of this ephemeral messaging application: delete all content after several seconds of viewing.
However, the company of Snapchat has issued a statement confirming that its servers have not suffered any type of attack, thus washing their hands of the imminent leak of images.So where do the alleged stolen images from Snapchat come from?
As confirmed by the company itself, the images come from third-party applications that have copied their model as SnapSave, which seems to be the real culprit. Thus, the users of this tool would be the true potential victims, and not those who use SnapchatIn fact, in its statement, the company of Snapchat claims to fight against fake applications that try to impersonate it or offer additional services such as secretly storing shared images. And, as they defend in their terms and policies of use, they prohibit other tools from carrying out this service to avoid precisely this type of issues
However, this is not an official response that allows Snapchat users to breathe easy. Apparently, the next leak on 4Chan will not only show the nearly 200,000 photos that have been supposedly stolen from SnapSave, but will be related to their respective users No doubt, a direct attack on the privacy of users who thought their images would be forgotten after a few seconds.
The leak will take place, if there are no changes, the next day October 12 A date that some have begun to fear due to the possibilities of sexting offered by both Snapchat and its clones. Thus, many users have decided to use these ephemeral messages to protect their privacy but without limiting their activity in the sending of photos pornographic or compromising.Something they may now be regretting. We will still have to wait to see if the threat of the user of 4Chan who claims to have said data is really true, and if the privacy of those who useSnapchat has not been seen, as the company itself says, compromised.
