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Is it possible to block screenshot apps from working on your webapp/website?

13th January 2012

My answer to Is it possible to block screenshot apps from working on your webapp/website? on Quora

No.

(And even if you could, how would you stop them from taking a photo of the screen?)

Posted 13th January 2012 at 12:08 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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