NEW YORK – Snapchat has released an update to its disappearing-photo app following a security breach last week that exposed the phone numbers of millions of users.
And for the first time since the New Year’s breach, the company said it’s sorry.
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Snapchat had promised a more secure version of its app following the breach, which allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million of its users.
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The Los Angeles startup on Thursday released an update to its Android and iPhone apps that it says “improves Find Friends functionality.” The feature, which suggests Snapchat connections based on a user’s phone contacts, was at the heart of the breach. Users can now also avoid linking their usernames with phone numbers.
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