In other words, SnapSaved was apparently manually reviewing the photos that passed through the website. “The hacker does not have sufficient information to live up to his claims of creating a searchable database.” The developer also said that the service actively “tried to cleanse the database of inappropriate images as often as possible…SnapSaved has always tried to fight child pornography, we have even gone as far as reporting some of our users to the Swedish and Norwegian authorities.”
“The recent rumors about the snappening are a hoax,” the developer wrote. SnapSaved’s developer said there was no substance to claims by some 4Chan posters that a searchable database of the images stolen from the service’s server was being developed. “We did not wish to cause Snapchat or their users harm, we only wished to provide a unique service.” Further Reading Snapchat images stolen from third-party Web app using hacked API “I sincerely apologize on behalf of ,” the developer’s spokesperson wrote.
