Snapchats Don't Disappear 85
Mobile photo-sharing app SnapChat has one claim to fame, compared to other ways people might share photos from their cellphones: the photos, once viewed, disappear from view, after a pre-set length of time. However, it turns out they don't disappear as thoroughly as users might like. New submitter nefus writes with this excerpt from Forbes: "Richard Hickman of Decipher Forensics found that it's possible to pull Snapchat photos from Android phones simply by downloading data from the phone using forensics software and removing a '.NoMedia' file extension that was keeping the photos from being viewed on the device. He published his findings online and local TV station KSL has a video showing how it's done."
FUD (Score:3, Informative)
"However, once the photo is opened, and the timer goes off, Snapchat does in fact delete the photo."
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/actually-snapchat-photos-are-just-as-deleted-as-any-other-file-you-trash/ [techcrunch.com]
Re:Super DURRRRRRRRR! (Score:1, Informative)
Just snap a screenshot while the image is being displayed. Done.
Yeah but that notifies the other person, and I think that it can even be disabled.
Title is Spot-On Accurate! (Score:4, Informative)