There’s something reassuring in knowing an image won’t last forever, hence the unrivalled success of Snapchat. But the chink in Snapchat’s armour makes sending anything risqué risky, we all know the rules yet sometimes we simply can’t resist a screenshot.
Yovo (You Only View Once) is a new app featuring self-destructing images and messages that can be shared on social networks. Images sent via Yovo offer a new technology that prevents them from being captured by screenshots.
The new privacy feature called D-Fence adds a filter of opaque vertical bars to photos when they’re captured by screenshots or other cameras. Yovo also expands on SnapChat’s appeal of ephemeral messaging by allowing users to have more control of how long their photos can be seen before they disappear; images can last for 1 second or up to 24 hours, depending on what the user decides.
While it feels like our every move is logged in the cloud, it’s a welcome change to send and receive transient offerings. The Eraser is an installation that serves as the analog version of Snapchat. The Eraser consists of a machine that snaps and prints your picture on receipt paper, only for it to be immediately destroyed by a hair-straightener.
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