The spam problem is just the latest on a long list of Snapchat's growing pains. 'The shady people get a commission for each install they generate, and they turn to spam to do it,' he said. Though some are aware of the tactics, many app makers don't even know they're partnering with spammers. It's a common tactic, according to Tom Ritter, a researcher at security company iSEC. in essence they fool users or trick them into downloading this application and now the mobile application vendor has a lot of new users.' 'The vendor of the application doesn't really care how they do it, so they can come up with some creative ways. 'They're getting paid to get users to download this application,' Haley speculates. Instead, the perpetrators are the firms the app makers hire to help increase downloads. Haley says the mobile app developers aren't likely behind the scam.
