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Bug reveals 'deleted' Snapchat videos
- _cbdev 14y agoGoing through the filesystem and finding supposedly 'deleted' images and videos is in no way 'reverse engineering', as claimed by Mr. Spiegel (although Apple most likely would like you to believe that), it's just a normal Possibility one must account for when creating an App such as Snapchat/Poke. "[...] those who enjoyed the service the most would not go to such lengths to view videos." - Maybe not the intended users, but with a Smartphone connected to a Malware-Infected PC, possibilities for spreading of those "supposedly deleted" pictures open up.
- beerglass 14y agoThis is a classic Receiver-end bug that can never be fixed! Even if Snapchat & FB fix this issue in future upgrade of the app, what if the receiving user does not upgrade the app? The sender may have the latest version of the app and think that it is totally secure. However as long as the recipient is using the old app (something the sender will never know), poof goes the security! Breaking support for old version of the app may solve it, but that's very inelegant and don't think Snapchat or FB will try it or Apple will allow it.