In this article we will discuss about how to Send Screenshot-Proof Messages with Confide. It’s harder than ever to keep your private messages private in the age of social media. When you send a message to a friend, you don’t know if they will save it or take a picture of it. In an instant, a moment that was short-lived becomes permanent.
A new app called Confide knows about this problem and tries to solve it. Confide is a clever messaging app for iPhone or Android that hides messages until it’s time to read them. Once you’ve read a message, it’s gone for good.
Confide also has end-to-end encryption and a built-in feature that either tells the sender when a message has been screenshotted or stops screenshotting while the app is being used. Confide works best when your friends also use it, but if you have enough privacy-conscious friends, that shouldn’t be a problem.
How to Send Screenshot-Proof Messages with Confide
- First sign up for a new account on Confide. Tap the gray button.
- Enter your first name, last name, email address, and a password you’d like to use.
- Confide will send you a confirmation email. You’ll have to verify your email address before you can use the app. Check your inbox!
- This is what the verification email looks like. Click the orange “Verify Email” button.
- Now back to the iPhone app. Confide will automatically know you’ve verified your email address. Now it will ask you for access to your contacts. This is so you can send messages to contacts stored in your phone’s address book.
- Tap the OK button to confirm you want Confide accessing your contacts.
- You can also connect Confide to Facebook and pull in Facebook contacts.
- Tap OK to allow Confide to pull in your Facebook contacts.
- Now we’re ready to go! Your first message is just a test from the Confide developers. At first, all you can see is the subject line. Tap to read the rest.
- You have to swipe your finger along the blocks to read the text.
- Whoops! If you try to take a screenshot the app kicks you out of the message. The point of Confide is to make sure you can’t keep a record of your conversations.
- We just got a new message.
- Then tried to screenshot the message, but could only get a portion of it. Confide makes it nearly impossible to take a screenshot of the whole thing. That’s the point!
- And once you screenshot the message, you can’t look at it again.
- Want to send a message? Tap the pencil icon in the top right of your screen. Remember: anyone can see what you write in the topic line. It’s the body of the message that remains hidden.
- Write your message and then tap “Confide” at the top of your screen to send it.
- You’ll get a notification when the recipient has read your message. You’ll also get a notification if the recipient tries to take a screenshot.
FAQ
Can you screenshot on Confide?
Confide’s ScreenShield technology stops people from taking screenshots. Our patented reading experience makes sure that on iOS and Android, only one line of the message is shown at a time and that the sender’s name is not shown at the same time. This gives you more privacy.
How do you send photos that can’t be screenshot?
What can you do to stop it? One way to do this is to use the Confide app. Confide lets you send messages to someone, but they can’t take a screenshot of the message unless they are also using the same app or are viewing the messages in a browser through a link.
How does Confide work with Imessage?
It works just like normal Confide messages, keeping your messages encrypted, private, and self-destructing. The best part is that your friend doesn’t even have to make an account to read your message. All they have to do is download the Confide app.
Can you prevent someone from Screenshotting?
Can people be stopped from taking screenshots of a page? You can’t stop people from taking screenshots of websites. This is because the user can change the JavaScript in their browser to get around controls that try to stop people from taking screenshots. They can also use a third-party screen grabbing program that the browser can’t find.