Photo-based social networking service Instagram is testing a new alert system that will be a bit of a hindrance to secretly taking screenshots. This experimental notification method has been given to the feature of posting stories for a period of 24 hours on Instagram. If anyone takes a screenshot of the Instagram story of those who have had the feature tested on their Instagram account, the story poster will know. The name of the person who took the screenshot will also be known.

That is, if you now get this experimental feature, and if your followers get the same feature, then if one of them takes a screenshot of your Instagram story, you will get a notification with his ID. It is already possible to know who viewed the Instagram story. From there, if any of the viewers have taken a screenshot, see the camera shutter icon next to the screenshot receiver ID in the viewer list. Will go. However, screenshot alerts will not apply to photos that are uploaded to Instagram in the form of status or general posts.

This is not a new screenshot alert on Instagram. Even if Instagram takes a screenshot of a private message, Instagram notifies the user at the other end of the message, which is already turned on. There is also a screenshot alert on the online communication app Snapchat.