Some question whether Snapchat’s API, which is an electronic manual of sorts that lets computer systems talk to each other, is just too easy to hack. It urged them “not to reuse passwords across services” and recommended they enable two-step verification. In a blog post, Dropbox told its users that their data were safe. Snapchat, for its part, reminded users that it discourages the use of third-party apps like Snapsaved and in a statement reiterated that such apps violate its terms of use. So keep that in mind when you use third-party apps. If you’re a Flickr user, there are a number of “ home-grown applications” based on that photo-sharing service.īut they can be easier targets for hackers than their parent software programs. TweetDeck was originally a third-party app based on Twitter, until Twitter bought it. In a Facebook post, Snapsaved said it itself was hacked and that it deleted its website as soon as it discovered the breach. But these services rely on the code base of the parent and add functionality to the main service.įor instance, the third-party site that leaked the Snapchat photos was called, and it did what Snapchat did not - allow you to save photos sent through the service.
What are third-party apps? They are services that exist outside a parent program, say, Snapchat. Photos and log-in credentials apparently leaked from third-party sites and apps that piggyback on these services.
Technically speaking, Dropbox’s servers did not get breached. What can get lost in a flurry of news about Dropbox and Snapchat getting hacked is that the companies themselves deny they were hacked at all.
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