Signal said today that it is updating the Windows application to prevent the system from recording screenshots, thereby protecting the content that appears.
The company said this new “Screen Security” arrangement is activated by default to Windows 11. Signal stated that this new feature is designed to protect the privacy of users from the possibility of recalling Microsoft, which was announced last year. The recall records system screenshots constantly to remember all your activities so you can move back in time to remember what you looked at.
While the company stopped The development of the feature last year after reactionMicrosoft started trying it again in April The Windows Preview Channel. Microsoft has made the Opt-in attribute and has also added a way to stop it at any time. Signal stated that despite these changes, the feature still records content that may be sensitive.
Signal said that when you are trying to get a screenshot with the new screen security setting, you will simply get a blank screen.
The company also warned that when the setting is activated, some functions, such as screen readers, may not work as provided. You can turn off the setting Signal Settings> Personal Data Protection> Screen Security.
The app will show you a warning when you try to turn off this option and you will need to click on the confirmation to complete the action. This is to prevent you from accidentally turning off the operation while trying to adjust other settings.
“We hope that AI groups building systems such as recall will think through these impacts more carefully in the future. Applications such as signal should not apply a” strange trick “to maintain the privacy and integrity of their services without proper developer tools” said in a blog post.
