How to Know Who Takes Screenshots on FaceTime – Check Privacy

If you use the FaceTime application, you must have already noticed that you can take a screenshot in it while you are in the video call, if you already realized it, you will surely wonder if you can know who takes a screenshot When you are in the video call, the answer to this question is yes, today here we will tell you that you must obtain this information easily and quickly.

Which users can take screenshots on FaceTime?

FaceTime is one of the best video calling apps developed for iOS devices. These calls are free as long as the device has internet access. During video calls made in the FaceTime application you can take screenshots, this function is available to users of the application.

How can you find out if they take a screenshot on FaceTime?

iOS 11 mobile and laptop version macOS high Sierra v10.13 added a feature within the FaceTime app this is Live Photos (To use it, you just have to press the icon in the lower left), with it you can capture video calls as long as both mobile devices have these versions.

When making the captures with the Live Photos function, the person who is doing it will be informed that the capture was made correctly, in the same way the other user is informed that the person with whom he is in the video call made a capture of the current video call, this notification will only appear for a few seconds.

Let us remember that the captures with the Live Photos function cannot be made in versions prior to iOS 11 for mobiles and for macOS high Sierra v10.13 laptops nor If the other device of the video call does not have the necessary version, however, you can take a screenshot of it by pressing the corresponding buttons.

If a person captures within the application in this way, you will not be sent a notification of the action, to realize a capture you must be careful to the sound of the video callsince when you take a screenshot with the buttons, sometimes a small volume sound is heard.

How to prevent them from taking screenshot within FaceTime?

You can prevent other people from taking screenshot using the Live Photos featureachieving this is very simple, then we will show you how to do it.

From mobile devices: The first thing you should do is enter the settings of your device, for this you must press the gear icon, within the settings look for the Applications section and enter it.

Within the Applications section look for the FaceTime application, when you get it open it you will be shown a list of functions among them you will find FaceTime Live Photos take care of disabling it. By doing this you will prevent a person from taking a screenshot with the Live Photos function but you will not prevent them from taking a screenshot the old way with the buttons.

From a Mac: open the FaceTime application on your Mac, within the application, now you must enter the Preferences section, within it look for the settings option and click on it. When you enter the settings you will find the option Live photos during the video call, turn it off.

What to do if you can’t meet the users who take screenshots on this site?

As I told you before, it is not possible in all cases to know who or who is capturing a video call on FaceTime, not knowing if a person makes an inappropriate capture within the FaceTime application and not knowing what they can do with it ands very worrying as well as delicatewhich is why we recommend that you do the following:

Avoid showing content that could harm you

When you are making video calls either with your friends, family members, in short, anyone, avoid showing content that in any way the other person or people in the video call can use to harm you, that is, do not give opportunity or inappropriate content so you don’t have to worry about the captures they make.

We also recommend that you do not make video calls with people you do not know or who are not entirely trustworthy, take care of your privacy and integrity.