Snapchat Stores “Deleted” Photos In Phones’ Data: Forensic Experts
Data engineers can retrieve images simply by removing a file extension.
By: Addy Dugdale
Snapchat, that clever app that allows friends to send photos that automatically disappear after several seconds, may not be disposing of the evidence after all. A digital forensics firm in Utah has discovered that the app actually saves the photos on the user’s device, rather than destroying them, as it claims.
Proving once again that anything can be retrieved from your computer or smart phone so long as the hard drive has not been COMPLETELY destroyed.