Comment on Screenshot-proof images via temporal ditheringparentComments−charliesome13yI think you are over-estimating the technical capacity of most users of SnapChat.This provides 'good enough' security for most people's uses.−jrockway13yBut it's very easy to write an app that's called "SnapChat Self-Destructing Image Saver" and then the feature becomes pointless.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cow_problem−olefooOP13yThank you for that wiki reference, I'm adding 'smart cow' to my lexical bestiary.
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I think you are over-estimating the technical capacity of most users of SnapChat.
This provides 'good enough' security for most people's uses.
But it's very easy to write an app that's called "SnapChat Self-Destructing Image Saver" and then the feature becomes pointless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cow_problem
Thank you for that wiki reference, I'm adding 'smart cow' to my lexical bestiary.