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Doesn't Snapchat mainly rely upon the iOS or Android platform having some software that prevents screen shots if a 'no screen shots' flag is set? I always thoug
by MintelIE 6y ago
Doesn't Snapchat mainly rely upon the iOS or Android platform having some software that prevents screen shots if a 'no screen shots' flag is set? I always thought this was their core defense.
- bri3d 6y agoTheir "core defense" for an end user is to notify the sender of a message if their post was screenshotted by using native screenshot detection/notification libraries provided by the OS, combined with heuristics to try to prevent them from beeing hooked and bypassed. However, the binary level protection is only tangentially anti-screenshot insofar as it also blocks third-party 'scraper' apps. Fundamentally, it's about requiring use of the Snapchat app to access the Snapchat APIs, and as we know from the ongoing saga with other social networks like Twitter, this is ultimately about business control over posts (preventing spam-bots, scheduled clients, and so on) and at the end of the day, ad revenue.
- dannyw 6y agoThis is also trivially bypassed by the following technique: 1. Open the Snapchat app for a bit so it is downloaded / cached. 2. Turn on Airplane mode. 3. Screenshot and screen record to your desire. 4. Delete the whole app. 5. Turn off Airplane mode and download the app again.