Ephemeral applications are becoming increasingly popular because of their claims of destroying content shortly after being delivered or after a specified time period. Many of these applications grew in popularity with younger audiences as a way to send messages and pictures privately, but the concept behind them has also proven to be valuable for some corporations.

Regardless of the application’s data retention policies, related files should always be examined for the possibility of cached content. As with most third-party applications, security protocols are often overlooked in an attempt to quickly get an application to market, and these lax security measures can often be exploited.