Not to snap to any conclusion, but the young social network has already been heavily criticized for disregarding the Find Friends flaw after being warned by a third party internet security firm about the loopholes in advance of the breach. Snapchat has also been widely condemned for how long it took the team to release this security patch.
This news comes while Snapchat is in hot legal water after an ugly dispute with an ousted co-founder and some less-than-convincing videos leaked from the depositions.
Snapchat finally issued an apology on its blog with the app release announcement:
Our team continues to make improvements to the Snapchat service to prevent future attempts to abuse our API. We are sorry for any problems this issue may have caused you and we really appreciate your patience and support.
Love,Team Snapchat”
Do you forgive Snapchat? Will you still try to find friends on Snapchat using your phone number?