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Photo messaging app Snapchat has just introduced a new feature. Earlier, anyone in a member’s ‘Contacts’ list was able to see who exactly sent you the most pictures by simply looking at your “Best Friends” list. This certainly seemed like an oversight in the scheme of things. Snapchat has now replaced the BF list with ‘friend emojis’ that only you can see on incoming snaps.
Reports: Engadget, The Verge, PC Mag
It’s valued at an estimated US $19 billion & it’s high time that Snapchat, the app that brings you “disappearing messages” came out with a security report. And so it did; the security measures revealed by way of an interview in Backchannel on Medium. Here, a Snapchat top honcho talks of how it had taken some, rather extreme steps in handling security issues including steps that could have affected innocent user accounts. Don’t forget, Snapchat had faced one of the most publicized data breaches some time ago.
Reports: Backchannel, Computerworld, Business Insider, Phys.Org