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No. "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.


Signal app on Android blocks screenshots too (configurable). Does that mean that they are clueless about security?


Signal does not pretend that it will stop the other side from screenshotting your messages.


No, but it's a false sense of security for users. Nothing stops me from just using a separate camera to take a picture of the screen.




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