{"id":53059,"date":"2013-10-15T00:52:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T22:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=53059"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:05:55","slug":"snaphack-app-downloads-snapchats-bypasses-screenshot-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/snaphack-app-downloads-snapchats-bypasses-screenshot-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"SnapHack app downloads Snapchats, bypasses screenshot alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since <a title=\"Snapchat\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/snapchat\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snapchat<\/a> was released, users have been trying to <a title=\"Screenshot Save for Snapchat available in App Store\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/screenshot-save-for-snapchat-available-in-app-store\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circumvent its security<\/a>. SnapHack, an app for <a title=\"iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/ios\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a>, allows users to automatically download all Snapchat photos and videos without triggering Snapchat&#8217;s built-in screenshot security measure.<\/p>\n<p>The way SnapHack works is by avoiding using the Snapchat app at all. Users provide SnapHack with their credentials and the app will automatically download all photos and videos from Snapchat&#8217;s servers. Since the user never uses the official Snapchat app, there&#8217;s no way for the official app to detect if a screenshot was taken. Snaps that have been viewed cannot be downloaded as they have already self-destructed but unread snaps are vulnerable to hi-jacking.<\/p>\n<p>Apple and Snapchat have yet to react to the release of SnapHack, but the app probably won&#8217;t be around for long. Apple helped Snapchat earlier this year when it was discovered that a <a title=\"iOS 7 Disables Screenshot Interruptions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2013\/06\/24\/ios-7-disables-screenshot-interruptions-allows-users-to-secretly-take-snapchat-screenshots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beta release of iOS 7<\/a> allowed users to screenshot Snapchats without triggering an alert. Apple quickly implemented a new screenshot detection API, fixing the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download <a title=\"Snaphack pro\" href=\"http:\/\/snaphack-pro-for-snapchat.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SnapHack Pro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/h4>\n<h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/snapchat-launches-snapchat-stories\">Snapchat launches Snapchat Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/screenshot-save-for-snapchat-available-in-app-store\">Screenshot Save for Snapchat available in App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/snapchat-introduces-snapkidz-feature-for-ios-removes-sharing-ability-and-all-fun\">Snapchat introduces SnapKidz feature for iOS, removes sharing ability and all fun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Snaphack app store\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/id716560946?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SnapHack<\/a> | Via:\u00a0<a title=\"Mac Rumors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2013\/10\/14\/new-app-bypasses-snapchat-screenshot-notifications-snapchat-details-law-enforcement-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since Snapchat was released, users have been trying to circumvent its security. SnapHack, an app for iOS, allows users to automatically download all Snapchat photos and videos without triggering Snapchat&#8217;s built-in screenshot security measure. The way SnapHack works is by avoiding using the Snapchat app at all. Users provide SnapHack with their credentials and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/snaphack-app-downloads-snapchats-bypasses-screenshot-alert\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SnapHack app downloads Snapchats, bypasses screenshot alert&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-53059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331996,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53059\/revisions\/331996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53059"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=53059"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=53059"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=53059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}