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kashnotetoday at 2:16 AM1 replyview on HN

1000%. Apps should not even be able to know that I've taken a screenshot - let alone change the contents of it.


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nine_ktoday at 2:22 AM

The app doesn't know. It just produces a widget tree, and the OS-provided renderer renders it this way or that way. In particular, it chooses not to render controls marked as "security-sensitive" when the rendering is intended for a screenshot; it could instead put empty boxes in their place, etc. The app has no idea and no control, AFAIK.

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