Once again, the Internets really DO work! Two-and-a-half weeks ago, we told you about a new app called Peek that tried to make sending dirty pics to the objects of your affection safer. The original idea: You take a naughty picture with your phone via Peek, send it out and the recipient can only view the picture once, through a small circular moveable “keyhole”, for only 30 seconds before it disappears (from both your phones). Cool idea, right? But we discovered one massive hole in the app — if you quickly moved the keyhole around and snapped a bunch of screen shots during that 30-second window, in Photoshop you could puzzle together a pretty revealing composite, sort of defeating the purpose of the app in the process.
Well, color us pink, because we were tickled to receive the following note the other day:
Hi Em & Lo,
Thank you for reviewing my app, Peek.
https://www.emandlo.com/2012/06/a-new-app-tries-to-make-sending-dirty-pics-safer/
We really appreciated your honest review, and the effort in highlighting the flaw.
We have since released an update, which eliminates your flaw you wrote about.
If the recipient takes a screen capture, the image expires immediately.
In thanks, below are 10 vouchers for you and your readers to use to download the latest update of Peek.
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So, there you have it: people really can make a difference (with their snarky blogging). The first ten people to use the codes get Peek for free — so hop to it!
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