Piracy: Snapchat accuses party applications but forgets his … – ZDNet

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Over 100,000 images, messages and videos (there is even talk of 200,000
 or 13 GB) from Snapchat were stolen and posted on the Web,
  say pirates on the 4chan forum. Photos usually
 racy, which is not surprising since Snapchat is used
 overwhelmingly for it by teens, most minors.

Soon, the service disclaims any responsibility: “The servers Snapchat have not been penetrated and are not the
 source of the leaks. These were victims of snapchatteurs
 the use of third-party applications to send and receive
 of snaps, a practice we expressly forbid our
 terms of use precisely because it compromises safety
  of our users, “is written on the official Twitter account Snapchat.
  

“We are watching vigilantly the App Store and Google Play for y
 uncover illegal third-party applications and we managed to
 to remove a lot, “adds Snapchat.

Deception

Still, the damage is done and image Snapchat again seriously dented . Especially since the service has been a victim of data loss and does not seem to keep all its promises. Last January, a few days after recognizing the existence of a potential flaw
  to “theoretically” according Snapchat jeopardize
 ids and phone numbers of users, data
 nearly 5 million accounts were posted on the Internet. The
 However, the last two digits of the numbers were masked.

Aware of its vulnerability, Snapchat then explained that he took
 preventive measures to protect themselves and have implemented various security. However hackers responsible for the publication of information on the website SnapchatDB.info explained to The Verge that the measures taken by Snapchat are rather inadequate to protect the personal data of users. I

Above all,
 the application would play with words, a practice that has infuriated the FTC, the Federal Trade Commission in the United States

Organization
  pin misleading communication to make it appear that the
 Pictures taken are ephemeral while a simple screenshot allows
 back them up. A deception to the FTC. No need to use third party apps to save the daring teenage clichés without taboos …

The Board
 also criticizes Snapchat store unencrypted video messages
 outside the sandbox
 application thus rendering them relatively easily accessible via a
 computer. Geolocation and directory access iOS are
 also strongly denounced.

In May, for “meet
  concerns raised by the Committee, “agreed Snapchat
  to reach an agreement with the FTC that keeps the specter of trial but
 which imposes strict surveillance to the editor by a third actor. Monitoring that may be enhanced after this latest incident.