<p>Even as SnapChat leaves tech reporters and people over 25 scratching their heads is it the next Instagram, or a massive sexting conspiracy? the app has succeeded in bringing ephemeral (or self-destructive, if you're into the whole Mission Impossible thing) messaging to the mainstream. The app has been busy racking up a billion-plus "snaps," is reportedly raising a huge round of funding, and Zuckerberg himself couldn't wait to get involved in the coding and launch of Poke, Facebook's newly-launched "SnapChat clone."</p><p>Nonetheless, evidence has surfaced that could threaten SnapChat's private world of ephemeral messaging, bringing those innocent photos or salacious sexts to light. Alexia, via Buzzfeed, reported on SnapChat's first "security loophole," which showed that "snaps" could be accessed via temporary files stored on users' iPhones and other iOS devices. While Alexia makes the good point that few beyond tech reporters are likely to go to the trouble of unearthing these snaps, we've now been alerted to another hack that allows users to capture "snaps" on their iOS devices and doesn't require you to use iExplorer or iFunBox.</p><p>Instead, this hack allows you to easily save screenshots of "snaps" in a few simple steps, with no more than SnapChat and your multitasking bar.</p><p>The loophole comes to you courtesy of college student, hacker and web designer Raj Vir, who tells us that, "unknown to many, photos sent via SnapChat can be easily saved," which he thinks could just "threaten the very impermanent nature of the app."</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/22/not-so-ephemeral-messaging-new-snapchat-hack-lets-users-save-photos-forever/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/01/21/facebook-poke-one-month-later/">One Month Later, Facebook Poke Drops Out of Top 700 Apps</a> (Mashable)</p><p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/facebooks-poke-app-becomes-unpopular-in-a-hurry/">Facebook's Poke app becomes unpopular in a hurry</a> (tuaw.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2zi1mO46WCvYMMRTX1CgctvAcLlM&ned=us">14 additional articles.</a></p>