Facebook’s new feature will rat you out if you screenshot this kind of message


Taking a screenshot while messaging someone while in this function notifies the other user and brings up a tattle-tale message in the chat: ‘(Person) took a screenshot,’ reads the message, according to a sample conversation from Zuckerberg. — Tampa Bay Times/TNS

Another social media outlet has taken away the ability to secretly screenshot, according to an announcement from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Don’t freak out just yet; it’s only in one form of Facebook messaging.

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