Third-party apps are equally good and bad for people to use. The good lies in the features it offers us which we usually not find in the other regular apps. The bad lies in the privacy intrusion of the users by these apps. Though they are good to use and quite popular in the recent times. The third-party apps like the 9Apps apk have gained great popularity and users by this time.
But they are also in news by leaking the data of the people using it. The recent victim of this data leak is the widely used multimedia messaging app ‘Snapchat’. This messaging app was called to be hacked when the data of its users was leaked, to answer the rampant the company came forward and made a clear statement that it is not hacked rather its data is been leaked by the third parties it deployed.
This makes the other people and companies think over the existing third parties they are using or will use in the future. The concern in the air to still use them or boycott the third-party apps.
What is the news of Data leak of Snapchat?
In recent times, thousandths of photos were being found floating on the forum. Those photos were of the users of Snapchat leaked by the third-party app Snapsaved. This third-party app was used by users to save their pictures which were going to self-destruct. The app was breached and misused for leaking the pictures of the users in the public.
Why third-party apps?
The third-party apps when used by any company, they get access to the data of the company. They are more prone to cyber-attacks by the hackers as they focus least on the security. The third-party apps which fall under the lax of data protection get breached.
So should we stop using third parties?
We cannot stop using all the third-party apps as though they are weak in the security of data. They might prove to be useful for the people. They are very innovative and creative with the ideas they come up with. Most of the developers are new and young and the app development is taking place at a fast pace on the local level.
The companies cannot deny the ideas of so many young developers just because there have been data breaches in the past because of some third-party apps. Though the products and services of the topmost companies are very good they may lack innovation. To keep the users interested in it. The companies are offering the developers Application Programming Interfaces (API) to come and design something innovative for their products.
To stop the problem of the data leak, the companies need to be careful while hiring these third-party apps for work. They have to take care of some points which are:
· Research more about the third-party app before integrating it with your team. Find what kind of permissions it requires and does it really need it. Is there any kind of data leak news about the app. Research on all these topics.
· Ask the third-party app about how it processes the data of the users. Who are the other parties it will go to contact? The security of the data is the responsibility of the company and this has to be taken care of at every step.
· Choose a reputable third-party app, you can see the reviews by the people on its page. Read about the app on the Google pages.… Read More