Ask HN: How is Netflix able to prevent screenshots on Chrome?

by the42thdoctoron 10/31/2021, 4:15:50 PM with 4 comments
  • by colesantiagoon 10/31/2021, 5:42:20 PM

    The workaround of pointing/recording content using a mobile camera is guaranteed to always work regardless of any flimsy DRM scheme these vendors implement [0].

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole

  • by amir-hon 10/31/2021, 4:33:44 PM

    That's probably DRM protected content, it's not Javascript hack but a mecahnism that's built in deeper. A high level overview of how it works on Android is here(the secure texture part):

    https://source.android.com/devices/graphics/arch-st#st_vid_p...

    I'm not sure what the implementation is on Chrome/Desktop; probably something similar.

  • by schappimon 10/31/2021, 7:12:30 PM

    Chrome has the Widevine DRM built into it. Since 2017 users cannot disable it.

  • by holomorphicallyon 10/31/2021, 5:15:37 PM

    Try OBS Studio if you want to do screen capture.