If I take a screenshot on Instagram stories, will the other person be notified?

There has long been a theory that if someone makes a screenshot to one history from Instagram from someone else, the owner of the photo or video will know. Supposedly, the application would send you a message indicating that such person has saved your content on your phone. But is this true?

It must be taken into account that the idea of ​​establishing these publications of limited duration (only 24 hours) had it Snapchat, which was the first to adopt measures to guarantee the privacy of its users. Thus, in order to prevent anyone from storing an image that was expected to disappear in less than a day, he instituted this measure: notify its owner that someone had performed a screenshot of its publication. Of course, with names and surnames so that he could take the actions he considered appropriate.

At first, this novelty was received with a clamor among his followers, who gradually adapted to it. What happened? What Instagram also adopted her in February 2018, generating an even greater controversy. On the one hand, there were those who appreciated such a rule because that way they felt safer and, on the other hand, there were those who showed their discomfort at the implications it would have. The debate was served. In this way, each time a screenshot was made, it would notify the owner of the content Stolen. But, is it still valid today?

The answer is no. Well, when such a stir was generated, the app made the decision to deactivate this function just four months later. In fact, after that time he explained that it had only been implemented in some users and, in any case, as tests to test its success. So he explained a la web BuzzFeed News that same year, ending the controversy and calming the nerves of some instagramers.