I work for a company that builds an app /sdk that handles credit cards / payments. It's one of the (many) requirements for getting an industry standard certification (like PCIDSS / MPOC). The app Must block screenshots, and Must disable the camera while using it...
I agree that it's infuriating! I downloaded an LSPosed module called CaptureSposed that overrides it.
It shouldn't take a specific module hack on a rooted phone with a custom OS with an unlocked bootloader to get this functionality back.
I like that it's possible, but I think it should be treated like a permission with a user accessible toggle in settings for each app.
I would like to see the same thing for clipboard read access. In the same way app has to prompt you for location permission it would have to prompt you to read the clipboard and you would actually have the option to allow it all the time which is handy for some apps like clipboard manager, or don't allow it alltogether which is handy for some random apps you don't trust.
Oh yea, something needs to be done about the clipboard. It's unsettling to know that a random app can just get your clipboard. Sometimes bitwarden doesn't detect a password field for some reason so I have to copy it to the clipboard 😖 don't feel safe...
I believe Bitwarden has a setting to “wipe” the clipboard after some time.
Not perfect, but better
That's nothing. My workplace disabled copy/paste on everyone's work iPhones completely. Not in their own apps but system wide. Apparently that's something ios allows them to do. Doesn't affect me much because I use the phone as a glorified dual auth token but some people have it as their primary phone.
work iPhones
some people have it as their primary phone.
Bruh, I have no idea how people can put up with their employer being able control their device. Like... the employer can freak out about some perceived "security breach" and decide to wipe everyone's phone and you lose all your data like photos. Also, their employer can see if they are shit talking about the employer or mangement people, and it's a terrible idea if they want to unionize.
As an IT guy that manages MDMs, no we cannot see communications on the device
As another guy that does, yeah we can push ediscovery apps to the phone and pull all kinds of data
My work phone battery lasts for like 5-6 days because I only have Slack, MFA app, and outlook on it. It's crazy to use it for personal use
They are okay with it because it isn't their phone. It's a free phone that comes with the job.
"Free"
hmm I rather not... like its not just "privacy" you'd have to worry about, there can be potentially a rogue employee of the company just stealing all your bank info and possibly steal your identity. Might be a "free" phone, but there's just much more risks than just getting a cheap android phone. People don't think this though and only think about the "free". Dealing with identity theft is not fun. If only people understand the risks... 🤦♂️
Don't put personal stuff on your work phone. Use your own phone for that. If you have trouble carrying both, hit the gym.
Yea exactly. I would just carry 2 phones, but I'm just saying: I don't understand how other people just use their work phone for personal use simply because it's "free"
Yes it's just a terrible idea. People do all sorts of dumb things though.
The point of many of android's "protection" features isn't to protect the user from apps, but to protect apps from the user. I hate it.
Being able to block screenshots is "supposed" to protect users from having malware take screenshots of banking apps and other such information.
If app developers were good, this could have been a good feature.
But I agree with OP. It still should be the user's choice.
My Banking App does have the option to disable this feature.
It's all fine if it's a user choice, very annoying if it's not.
"Protections" are fine, as long as there's an override for it.
User doesn't like potential malware from "sideloading"? Then don't enable "Install from Unknown Sources".
Same thing with everything else, there should be an override switch.
Drives me nuts too! Signal at least has a toggle for it, so the user can decide. I wish more apps would do the same, maybe with a pop up warning explaining the risks.
iPhone absolutely has this concept
Interesting, I never seen an app in iOS that can block screenshots.
You can’t screen shot in streaming apps like Netflix and Disney. When you do the resulting image is just a black screen
You can hit "take screenshot" but it results in a black frame iirc. Same for screen record.
Ticketmaster.
I remember one (snapchat maybe?) that couldn't block it so it just alerted the other person you took the screenshot. Maybe it's changed in a decade.
I get banking and financial apps doing it. But shopping apps yea, wish we had a permissions override
I understand the reasoning for it since many apps can see photos on your device so if it is something that should stay private you probably shouldn't be taking screenshots anyway, but I also can see how it could be annoying. I quite like the feature on messaging apps actually.
I've seen public transportation apps doing that to curb sharing the ticket/barcode with someone else.
Time to split screen and taking a selfie via a mirror lmao
This thing is super annoying. Maybe there is some xposed module to bypass this . i don't known my phone isn't rooted.
Some android apps bypass this but don't work 100 percent but sadly, they are the only safe option.
By safe I also mean, the others you must root so you void certain updates from your carrier in many cases, you have to search the APK code and delete a line, or you have to install a certain entity which hinders your security in other ways.
Shopping apps should have, and Amazon usually lets you email a copy of a receipt anyway. Don't know about other shopping apps. Banks and other financial institutions you would just need to contact them for records etc, and I know it is a pain.
Some browsers have settings to bypass if you are using a site that tries to stop a screenshot.
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