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Android certainly does have a feature to block screenshots in apps though.
A feature that's existed for over a decade and doesn't really seem to be an issue nor abused?
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'…
> 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 Samsung disabled the oxygen sensor (SPO2) on their phones for Canada. For other countries they moved access for the SPO2 feature further into the Samsung Health app. But for Canada SPO2 sensor access is gone not accessible. No warning (probably buried in an email) just one day…
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> Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available. Do you know the difference between a open browser and a app store meant to distribute apps? Chrome is not responsible for the website's content. But the app store will be help responsible for an app's content.
Maybe I'm obtuse, but I don't really see the difference between downloading Firefox from the play store or downloading a porn app. In either case, I downloaded an app from Google's servers that allows me to view objectionable content. If the objection is that Google doesn't want to provide an app that can be used to access illegal content, then why provide a browser? I would think that there is less of a chance of fi…
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iOS and PS4 also does have this block if the developer wishes to do so (generally for "security" reasons).
I don’t think iOS does have a way for apps to disallow screenshots. Do you have a source?
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/93362
However, I'm not really sure that would work, since I don't think that would be able to bypass iOS prompting you to give that app access to your photo library.
There's a third-party "ScreenShieldKit" which claims to be able to do this:
So, apparently it's technically possible to block this, but AFAIK, Apple doesn't provide an equivalent to Android's FLAG_SECURE ("treat the content of the window as secure, preventing it from appearing in screenshots or from being viewed on non-secure displays").
DRM-protected video can't be recorded (or screenshotted) in iOS, but as another comment noted, that seems to be a video-specific thing.
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'…
> 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 Samsung disabled the oxygen sensor (SPO2) on their phones for Canada. For other countries they moved access for the SPO2 feature further into the Samsung Health app. But for Canada SPO2 sensor access is gone not accessible. No warning (probably buried in an email) just one day…
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The shot->image-process->save->share cycle takes user time, and is an inconvenience that some people will even pay money to avoid. Since we're talking about screenshots, we're actually talking about typically, developers, tech writers and marketers who are automating their day-to-day workflow.
Shot - share to your fancy shmancy editor that puts a phone frame around it - put a frame around it - save somewhere. Here, simplified that for you. You can totally make an app that streamlines this and doesn’t cast doubts on its privacy hygiene at the same time.
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A feature that's existed for over a decade and doesn't really seem to be an issue nor abused?
It is abused, just not widely. I have seen a few apps that use it. There should never be a situation where the user is not able to screenshot their own device.
* apps that show sensitive personal info (e.g. credit card numbers, SSN, etc.) should ideally self censor the sensitive info to help prevent accidental leaks
* corporate devices where the phone and all of the data within it belongs to the employer
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It's a weird problem. Some application running on the device must accept some user event, such as a key press, mouse click or touch event and turn that in to a request for a screenshot. This is true regardless of operating system. I agree that it should always be possible for a physically present user to take a screenshot and save it, but how can the OS really know if its really the user initiating the action and not…
The malicious application would have to be able to spoof user input, which would be an issue in itself.
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A feature that's existed for over a decade and doesn't really seem to be an issue nor abused?
It is abused, just not widely. I have seen a few apps that use it. There should never be a situation where the user is not able to screenshot their own device.
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It is abused, just not widely. I have seen a few apps that use it. There should never be a situation where the user is not able to screenshot their own device.
I'm inclined to say that there is a small handful of cases where apps should actively prevent/modify screenshots: * apps that show sensitive personal info (e.g. credit card numbers, SSN, etc.) should ideally self censor the sensitive info to help prevent accidental leaks * corporate devices where the phone and all of the data within it belongs to the employer