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I sometimes get smartphone photos of computer screens sent to me by friends. It makes me cringe every time, but now I'm thinking maybe they're onto something.

• c0nsumer 4y ago
  While I doubt they are meaning it as such, it's not far off from the technique of physically redacting a printout and then scanning that as duotone so there was never, ever a digital path between the original and the resulting digital copy.
• LarryMullins 4y ago
  I believe this is often done to avoid corporate surveillance on the computer that might record the screenshot and exfiltration.
  • thrashh 4y ago
    I think it’s usually done because copying a file from a computer to a smartphone universally is still a pain in 2023 - Bluetooth file transfer… I don’t even know where to begin - AirDrop requires you to be in the Apple ecosystem. I think default settings also require you to be logged in the same Apple account on both devices too - Cloud storage services need you to install the app or login into the website on both your phone and the computer with the same account. Very few of my non-tech friends even have any cloud storage service outside what their phone uses Ngl, I take photos of my screens sometimes
    • albert_e 4y ago
      some other methods that work well in some cases: whatsappweb opened in a browser pushbullet google photos / Gmail to yourself
    • teo_zero 4y ago
      Attach the file to a draft email that you save without sending. You'll find it in the draft folder on both the computer and the phone.
• icelancer 4y ago
  I bet some of them are Live photos that leak data otherwise.