Microsoft removes unofficial Snapchat apps from Windows Phone Store
The ephemeral messaging application Snapchat has decided to take action on the matter of the security of its users. And it is that, although your privacy seems insured by offering content that self-destructs as soon as you see it , it has already been shown that it is not one of the most secure applications that exist either. Even more so after the theft of information which meant discovering thousands of photos by breaking the security of an unofficial application that used the service of this tool.So they have started to try to solve this problem
If last November one of the unofficial applications that used the Snapchat service put users on alert afterconfirm the attack and corresponding theft of information, now it is Microsoft itself that has given the passed. According to the medium TechCrunch, at the request of Snapchat, the company of Redmond has removed all unofficial apps from the Windows Phone Store A preventative measure to prevent further security issues related to Snapchat This translates, generically, to Windows Phone users being out of the service of this famous ephemeral messaging application. But this is not the case.
In addition to removing third-party (unofficial) applications related to Snapchat, the company of this messaging application has decided topermanently block the accounts of the users who make use of them In other words, totally prohibit them from sending and receiving ephemeral messages. With this they ensure that, in addition to not accessing unsafe tools, users who already had them installed, do not access the service A veto that, of course , regular users of tools like 6snap, one of the best known and most prolific tools on this platform, will not like it.
As a ray of hope, TechCrunch notes that Snapchat is finds itself working on a complete messaging platform. In this way, and ensuring the privacy and security of their users, they could develop tools so that once again applicationsof third parties could take advantage of the service, but in better conditions.So we will still have to wait to see if this fact becomes an effective reality so that independent developers (these third parties) can take advantage of these features.
At the moment the biggest losers, as always, are the users of Windows Phone A platform that is not only always the third in the market split between Android and iOS, but also suffer from these pressures even when there are motivated developers to create applications that fill any gap. Some users who at the moment will not be able to use the most popular ephemeral messaging application in the world. Firstly because there is no official version of Snapchat for Windows Phone Secondly because the disappearance of all independent applications that emerged to please users.And thirdly, because even users who have already downloaded and used any of those applications have been permanently banned and blocked from the service.
