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It was a bug - this time. It's not your phone, you're just using it.
by rbecker 6y ago
It was a bug - this time. It's not your phone, you're just using it.
- asutekku 6y agoIt’s to prevent you screenshotting snaps / disappearing messages sent to you or to prevent screenshotting licensed content. This is good for 99% of the people.
- badjeans 6y agoCan it prevent the user from taking a photo of the phone screen with a different device?
- jcelerier 6y agoif you let people like the user above you have their way without offering strong condemnation and resistance, it will eventually happen, yes
- rbecker 6y agohttps://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-patent-could-remotely-disable-protesters-phone-cameras/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-patent-could-remotely-di... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/apple-removes-police-tracking-app-used-in-hong-kong-protests-from-its-app-store.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/apple-removes-police-trackin...
- asutekku 6y agoIt does not prevent, but most people will not bother.
- kzrdude 6y agolocal public transport service uses this block for their app. To make it harder to casually fake app tickets.
- iyrkki_odyss 6y agoIt would still be possible to use external camera to capture the content.
- rbecker 6y ago> prevent screenshotting licensed content. [..] good for 99% of the people Is this a parody, or do you truly think DRM is good?
- penteract 6y agoThey may mean that it stops 99% of people.
- tpxl 6y ago>DRM is good In principle is DRM bad? Sure, the current implementations are pure cancers, but if they weren't, wouldn't DRM be a rather good thing?
- rightbyte 6y agoWhy would the user want DRM.
- hfktifjrn 6y agoBecause 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.
- rbecker 6y ago> 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.
- hfktifjrn 6y agoYou 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?
- nkrisc 6y agoNo. "Disappearing" messages are a farce. Disabling other people's screenshot capability so someone can be made to believe that their message will disappear is absurd. If you want a message that disappears, tell them in person and pat them down for a wire. Also there's nothing wrong with simply screenshotting licensed content. I'm allowed to do so for my own personal use. If someone is distributing licensed content that they are not licensed to do so, that's a matter for the courts.
- hfktifjrn 6y agoSignal app on Android blocks screenshots too (configurable). Does that mean that they are clueless about security?