When you give your login credentials to a third-party application, you’re allowing a developer, and possibly a criminal, to access your account information and send information on your behalf.
Yes, that includes all of those handy Snapchat spinoff apps. Snapchat cautions its users against any third-party apps that require account login information, as these violate the app’s terms of use and put users at risk. (Notably, the Snapsave mobile app does not appear responsible.) In the case of the Snapchat hack, a third-party site called appears to be to blame for the leak, which affected as many as 200,000 Snapchat accounts.
In the case of Snapchat, the Google Play and iOS App Store are both overrun with apps that help users save snaps. It’s worth noting that while these services remain “secure” for the time being-a fact that’s subject to change-many third-party apps and services don’t have the same resources or the same concern for securing user data.Ī third-party app is anything that plugs into software like Snapchat or Dropbox to provide additional features. it's our duty," said Ojas Jog, another parent.This week, news broke that both Snapchat and Dropbox had been hacked-or had they? After the initial panic waned, both companies came out with formal statements claiming that they hadn’t actually been hacked at all, pinning the incident on suspicious third-party products that tie into their respective services. The photos and videos were apparently first shared with only one person, sometimes through social media apps like Snapchat, before being saved and uploaded to the Dropbox, according to students. "Please know that NPSD and local law enforcement officials are working together on this matter and take alleged activities such as these very seriously," the message read, in part. North Penn School District administrators sent an email to parents on Thursday notifying them of the allegations and the resulting investigation. It's respect," said parent Debbie Aleide. The explicit images that include nude and seminude teen girls under 18 were uploaded alongside, in some cases, girls' names.
Students of North Penn High School in Towamencin Township tell NBC10 at least one teenage boy created a Dropbox account to share the media with others. Photos and videos of naked high school girls allegedly posted on a file-sharing website and shared among teens at a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania high school are at the center of an police and school investigation.
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