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The screenshots are not storing anything new, it's just a visual trail of an already existing activity. It literally just makes it easier to browse the history,

• doctor_eval 2y ago
  I strongly disagree. My expectation of what’s on my screen is that it’s ephemeral unless I take a screen shot. Here’s an example. I always use a random password when creating accounts for (eg) databases, but not every UI supports this, so I have a little shell script that generates one. I then copy and paste it from the terminal. Once I close the terminal window and copy something else, that password is stored only once. With recall, it’s now stored permanently. Someone who gets access to my screen history is a step closer to getting into my stuff. Of course there are workarounds. But the expectation I have around how my screen work informs the actions I take on it. Here’s another example. I recently clicked on a link from HN and ended up on a page containing explicit images. At work. As soon as I realised what I was looking at, I clicked away. How long until my visual history is to be interrogated, characterised, and used to find me guilty of looking at inappropriate material in the workplace? Such a system is not going to care about my intentions. Even if I’m not disciplined, I’d certainly be embarrassed.