Screenshot blocking: Difference between revisions
It prevents bug reports. |
Another reason it's bad. |
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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/features/screenshot-detection |title=Detect when users take device screenshots |website=Android Developers |access-date=2026-04-26 }}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/features/screenshot-detection |title=Detect when users take device screenshots |website=Android Developers |access-date=2026-04-26 }}</ref> | ||
At the same time, Google failed to provide a built-in option | At the same time, Google failed to provide a built-in option in Android that would let device owners have the final choice to override this restriction without having to rely on permission from the app. | ||
=== On iOS === | === On iOS === | ||
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Screens can be photographed from an external device. The quality of the image is likely to be lower, but it generally does not prevent someone from being able to reach alphanumerical information such as banking details and text-based messages.<!-- (Recently moved from: "It's a local file) Not sure this is a convincing argument. Just because someone can do something through one means, it doesn't follow that another means should be allowed. There is a counterargument to be made that making something more difficult acts as a deterrent, meaning fewer people would do it and it is therefore successful on that level. --> | Screens can be photographed from an external device. The quality of the image is likely to be lower, but it generally does not prevent someone from being able to reach alphanumerical information such as banking details and text-based messages.<!-- (Recently moved from: "It's a local file) Not sure this is a convincing argument. Just because someone can do something through one means, it doesn't follow that another means should be allowed. There is a counterargument to be made that making something more difficult acts as a deterrent, meaning fewer people would do it and it is therefore successful on that level. --> | ||
===Prevention of bug reports=== | ===Prevention of getting help and bug reports=== | ||
Screenshot blocking and screen recorder blocking might discourage users from reporting | Screenshot blocking and screen recorder blocking makes it more difficult to document bugs and problems with apps, which might discourage users from asking for help in online forums and reporting bugs. | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||