A new photo-sharing app called Yovo protects your pictures
and messages from screenshots.
Developed by a privacy software company called
ContentGuard, the iOS -enabled app uses a common optical
illusion to make your sent snaps a lot harder for the receiver
to screenshot.
"Everyone is becoming more conscious of the digital trail
they leave. It seems as though there isn't a day that goes by
where we do not see a headline about the consequences of
inadvertent or malicious digital publication of our private
lives," its developer Scott Richardson was quoted as saying
in media reports.
Yovo uses the barrier grid illusion, which is similar to what
we might experience driving past a picket fence.
As we move fast, our eyes tend to see the stationary scene
behind the palings rather than the palings themselves, CNET
reported.
When we take a picture, the app overlays a blurred grille
over the image.
When the receiver opens the image, the grille moves,
allowing them to see the picture.
But if they try to take a screenshot, it will always result in
an image with blurred sections.
The app can be downloaded free from the App Store. The
app's description reads, "Don't change what you post; just
change how you post it. Yovo is a new way to create and
share photos and messages in a more playful, fun and
interactive way, regardless of what service your friends are
using... It's "you only view once" with a twist... and the
message owner controls the shots."
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