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Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by ranger207 »

inquirerofsorts wrote: post #104
grishka wrote: post #35

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> But then again, what choice do I have? Unlock the bootloader, install Xposed and this module: https://repo.xposed.info/module/fi.veetipaananen.android.dis...

> Unlock the bootloader A dangerous game on anything other than Xiaomi phones these days, the only company to provide official bootloader unlock software, but yeah otherwise, go download it from some shady website and not have a care in the world about the most sensitive device you own. > install Xposed Last updated 2014 :\ You'd be safer shooting heroin into your eyeballs than installing Android root software from 6…

Xposed has been replaced by EdXposed

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by perryizgr8 »

When you buy a pixel, understand you are paying to participate in a beta program designed to further some Google employees careers. You're not buying a phone that is designed to serve your interests.

If you want a phone for daily use, get an iPhone or galaxy.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by shawnz »

pengstrom wrote: post #118
shawnz wrote: post #14

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Presumably, apps could use the screenshot API to extract private information from other apps

This seems simple enough to solve. Display a modal when screenshoting apps marked as "secure", requiring user intervention. If it appears without your input, simply dismiss it and block the screenshot. This allows users to screenshot when they want to.

I like that solution. Although it doesn't solve the Snapchat use case, but maybe that is a good thing.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by distances »

jimlikeslimes wrote: post #103
grishka wrote: post #35

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> But then again, what choice do I have? Unlock the bootloader, install Xposed and this module: https://repo.xposed.info/module/fi.veetipaananen.android.dis...

Google's play store requires screen grabs of payment screens when submitting. They recommend you photograph the phone with a separate device...

Maybe you could run the app in an emulator and take screenshots on the host computer?

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by dheera »

_odey wrote: post #38
grishka wrote: post #35

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> But then again, what choice do I have? Unlock the bootloader, install Xposed and this module: https://repo.xposed.info/module/fi.veetipaananen.android.dis...

Won't unlocking the bootloader make banking apps not work anymore? Had this issue when I tried LineageOS on my old phone, and I really like the convenience of those apps as opposed to using the website, which is extremely bad. Also, how do I do all you said above? (I need a step by step tutorial). Also is it reversible? Are there any other security implications?

> Won't unlocking the bootloader make banking apps not work anymore?

Is it not possible to unlock the bootloader but modify the OS tell apps that the bootloader is locked no matter what? Can we do this with Xposed?

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by anonymou2 »

pengstrom wrote: post #113
anonymou2 wrote: post #110

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Sorry but it is not really your phone if it runs proprietary software. It is like in medieval times, you didn't own the means of production. Welcome your new digital overlords!!

Well, we don't own the means of production today either.

That was my point, we are no better than in medieval times. One can however run things like Replicant (I do) and I am aware of some better alternatives like linux phone, pinephone and librem5. I want to learn more about them before my old Replicant phone dies.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by dheera »

_odey wrote: post #27

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!) Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else'…

Analog loophole. Worst case you could always carry a second phone and use it to do screenshots. Maybe we could make an app to calibrate and sharpen screenshots taken by a second phone to make them look as good as real digital screenshots.

We really need to show it to 'em who is boss. My phone ultimately should listen to me, not Google.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by hfktifjrn »

rbecker wrote: post #79
hfktifjrn wrote: post #75

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Because they want to access the content, which might not be available otherwise. Netflix seems to be quite popular, and it's users don't seem to be bothered by the DRM - try taking a screenshot of it on the desktop, you'll get a black picture.

> might not be available otherwise. Like how they stopped showing movies on TV once VCRs entered the market, or stopped playing music on the radio once home taping killed it. If only we had had DRM on radios and TVs back then, perhaps there would still be some entertainment industry left.

You are avoiding my point.

Where is the user outrage over Netflix using DRM and blocking their rights to fair use.

And if you don't like it, don't subscribe. Are you against companies being able to choose if to use DRM or not? Do you want to ban DRM? What about encryption, do you want to ban that too?

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