Facebook-owned Instagram is testing a very useful feature that will help users feel safer about their privacy. The photo-sharing platform will soon alert users when someone is recording or taking screenshot of their stories.When somebody takes a screenshot of one of your ‘Stories’, a sun-shaped symbol will appear alongside their name in the Story Views section.The move, which serves as a good news to privacy-conscious users, brings Instagram Stories even more in line with Snapchat. It is worth noting that Snapchat already offers a similar feature on its platform.
The feature, however, is still in development phase but is most likely to make its way to the final version of the application sooner or later.‘Stories’ automatically self-destruct after 24 hours, unless of course, one decides to add them to the ‘Story Highlights’ section on their profile. But, the screenshot and screen-recording function essentially allow one to make permanent copies of the post if they want to.Prior to Stories, Instagram had rolled out the feature for private messaging.
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