Snapchat cuts off third-party apps, releases its first transparency report
Snapchat has been one of the biggest messaging success stories over the last few years, adding a host of new features to the core “vanishing messages” concept that brought the app so much notoriety when it launched. But the company is growing up now, with advertisers and media partners as well as an ever-expanding user base — so the company today announced a number of initiatives to show that it takes its users data and privacy seriously.
Perhaps the most noteworthy change is that Snapchat has now blocked all access from third-party apps. According to Steven Levy at Backchannel, Snapchat has been working for months to make it harder for third-party apps to access Snapchat data, and now the company believes it has successfully closed…
Source:: The Verge
