The videos you send through Snapchat and Poke are supposed to disappear in 10 seconds or less. Except a security flaw makes it easy to save them forever — without the sender ever knowing.
Via: yourprops.com
The entire allure of Snapchat is that a photo or video sent through the service completely disappears after a few seconds; it's even quickly deleted off of the company's servers. And its ephemeral nature means it’s great for sending silly and unflattering images or videos of yourself that you'd otherwise never send. Or sexting. On the heels of Snapchat’s popularity, Facebook recently introduced a “Poke” app that functions almost identically.
But it turns out there's a straightforward way to save videos sent with either service, breaking part of their promise: Both Snapchat and Poke locally store copies of videos sent to users, which are easily accessible with a free iPhone file browser. Here's how it works:
Receive a video in Snapchat or Poke. Don't open it!
Just tap to load it. Again, don't open it.
