One of the most common questions asked concerning privacy on Hinge is about notification for screenshots.
As a profile owner, you may want to know if you can find out if your profile or photo or conversation has been screenshot, and by whom.
On the other hand, users who want to take a screenshot of someone else’s photo or profile or conversations also want to know if the profile owner would get notified. It does help that, unlike other dating apps, you can like a particular picture and make comments on it to start a conversation, rather than wait for a match before you can start a chat. So, there are fewer reasons to take screenshots of a user’s photos.
However, if you have other reasons for taking screenshots like capturing cherished conversations or obtaining proof of abuse, and wish to know whether you’ll get found out, then this article is also for you.
Before answering these questions, it is important to make some things clear.
1. First, taking screenshots on Hinge is possible. Screenshots are not restricted on Hinge as they are on other dating apps like Badoo. And even on Badoo, you can take screenshots if you use the website version instead of the mobile app.
2. Taking screenshots on Hinge is legal. On the Hinge Terms of Use, you are only prohibited from (among other things):
- Using the service for any harmful, illegal, or nefarious purpose
- Violating privacy laws that apply to your country
- You are also warned that your profile is public and visible to people around the world, and so you need to be careful that you only post things you are comfortable with sharing
- It is clearly stated that other users may capture and share your content
- However, you are warned not to use the content for commercial purposes, spam, harassment, or threats
Now that you know the rules governing Hinge, it is perhaps easier to understand the available and unavailable features described in the rest of the article.
Does Hinge Notify Screenshots?
Hinge neither prevents nor notifies you when a user tries to take a screenshot of your content. As long as the user is a member of the Hinge dating site, they have access to the public information of other users without restriction. You can have a screenshot spree and not a single time will Hinge pull them aside and give them the scoop on what you’ve been doing.
Perhaps in the future this will change, after all, just take a look at Snapchat; it’s a great feature, considering the kind of NSFW pictures that have been known to get traded between consenting adults, and it’s sorely needed in that content.
While Hinge may not have the same picture-to-Hinge sharing that Snapchat or Facebook has, that doesn’t mean your conversation can’t be used against you. Your profile picture can still be seen in the conversation, easily linking you to an embarrassing conversation you may have had.
Anyone on Hinge can take a screenshot of any profile, chat, or photo posted by you, and you will not be notified of it. It isn’t difficult to find someone on Hinge, view their profile, and then use your phone’s screenshot shortcut to take a photo.
There are plenty of ways to take screenshots and if you want to know how to, read on. If you just came here to find out if Hinge notifies you of screenshots, then you should have your answer by now.
No, you cannot see who took a screenshot of your content on Hinge. Whether it’s your profile, your photos, or your conversations, users can take shots of the content without your being aware. This is why Hinge warns that you only share things that you are comfortable sharing with the public.
Can You See Who Screenshots Your Hinge
No, you cannot see who took a screenshot of your content on Hinge. Whether it’s your profile, your photos, or your conversations, users can take shots of the content without your being aware. This is why Hinge warns that you only share things that you are comfortable sharing with the public.
When you get on a dating site, you are literally putting yourself out there. When you create a Hinge account and agree to the terms of use, you are agreeing to terms that include the ones listed above.
While you may be aware of this, you may still be concerned about how the information you put up on Hinge is used by other users. This concern is more acute when it comes to taking screenshots of conversations. As such, you want to know things like:
- How to prevent users from taking screenshots of your content
- If you can’t prevent screenshots, you may want to know if there’s a way to get a notification when a screenshot of your content has been taken
- And, more specifically, you may want to know exactly who took a screenshot of your Hinge content
We will address these questions one after the other.
Can You Prevent Screenshots?
Badoo was the first, and perhaps the only major dating app that introduced Screenshot Blocking to prevent users from taking screenshots of the content of other members.
Although this has not been officially acknowledged, it is said that Badoo did this in recognition of the fact that the app is used to offer, solicit, and distribute adult content even more than it is used for dating.
For a site like Hinge which prides itself in being a genuine dating app created exclusively to help people find love, this feature is not yet a priority, Therefore, for now, there is no way to prevent screenshots from being taken of your content, not even by using a third-party app.
Also, as we stated earlier, there are still ways of bypassing the screenshot restriction on Badoo like using the Badoo website on a web browser.
Apps like Badoo and Oculus use a technology called Flag_Secure to prevent screenshots and this feature is not yet available on Hinge. And, Hinge has no plans to implement it in the near future.
Can Someone See If You Screenshot Their Hinge
There are a number of reasons why you may want to take screenshots of someone else’s profile, photo, or conversations with you on Hinge. And these reasons may be either legal or illegal.
You may also accidentally take a screenshot and be worried about the consequences. So, you may want to know if someone gets notified when you take a screenshot of their content.
Users on Hinge do not get notified when a screenshot of their content has been taken, nor are they able to see who has taken the screenshot. On Hinge, the only privacy protection users have is that you have to be signed up and signed in to access their profiles and content.
As we explained earlier, Hinge is clear about the fact that you are allowed to access the content of other users as long as you do not use the content for unethical and illegal purposes. Therefore, there is no mechanism to inform a user when you take a screenshot of their content.
Can Hinge See Screenshots
Also, as a user, you may want to know whether Hinge is aware when you take screenshots of a user’s content on the app. It is not uncommon to hear theories about having your every act on dating sites monitored and recorded. But this is far from the truth.
True, some of the actions you perform are logged and analyzed by Hinge algorithms to detect things like unusual sign in behaviour, fake profiles, and so on. However, Hinge does not monitor the actions you perform on your phone like keyboard clicks or button combinations you press. Leave that to spyware and government agencies.
So, there is no way for Hinge to see that you have taken a screenshot of any content on the app, and there are no consequences for doing so.
One major reason why dating apps like Hinge does not monitor or prevent screenshot is that it may actually be necessary to screenshot a conversation or profile. Here are scenarios:
- You may want to take a screenshot of a conversation and profile to report racial abuse, sexual harassment, death threats, or cyber bullying for proof when reporting
- You may want to get help with something in the conversation. Remember that it is a dating site. You may want to share a conversation with a friend to get advice on what to do about a conversation, for example.
So, Hinge has left this feature open and only warns that you be careful that whatever you post or say is something you don’t mind getting out in public.
What’s important to keep in mind is that you are not allowed to use the content you take screenshot of for commercial, unethical, or illegal purposes. If you are found doing any of these, you are breaking the terms of use and will face legal action.
How to Screenshot Hinge
Now that you are clear about what obtains on Hinge regarding taking screenshot of content, let’s take a detailed look at how to screenshot content on Hinge for whatever device you are using.
To be clear, Hinge is only available as an app for mobile devices on Android and iOS. However, some users use app emulators like Bluestacks to use Hinge on computers. Therefore, we are going to look at how to screenshot Hinge on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.
Screenshot on Android Phone:
1. Press the Power and Lower Volume buttons simultaneously
2. The screen is automatically saved
3. When the screen is captured, a little thumbnail appears at the right side of the screen
4. Tap on it to view the screenshot
OR
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen
2. Select Screenshot
3. When the screen is captured, a little thumbnail appears at the right side of the screen
4. Tap on it to view the screenshot
If your phone has a Home button:
1. Press and hold Home and Power buttons for about 2 seconds
2. The screen will make a shutter sound and save the screenshot
Screenshot on iOS:
On iPhones with Face ID
1. Press the side button (power button) and the volume up button simultaneously
2. Release them quickly
3. When the screen is captured, a little thumbnail appears at the lower left corner of the screen
4. Tap on it to view the screenshot
On iPhone with Touch ID and Side button:
1. Press the side button and the Home button simultaneously
Quickly release both buttons
2. When the screen is captured, a little thumbnail appears at the lower left corner of the screen
3. Tap on it to view the screenshot
On iPhone with Touch ID and Top Button:
1. Press the top button and the Home button simultaneously
2. Quickly release both buttons.
3. When the screen is captured, a little thumbnail appears at the lower left corner of the screen
4. Tap on it to view the screenshot
Can You Use Third-Party Apps To Find Out?
Because you can use your Facebook account to join Hinge, you may wonder if you can integrate it with Instagram which notifies screenshots, in order to find out when your content has been screenshot. Or, you may want to know if there are other third-party apps that help you find out if your content is screenshot, and by whom.
The answer is that there are currently no apps or account integrations that allow you to discover when someone takes screenshots of your content. And, any app that is advertised as being able to help you find out on Hinge is fake.
What Happens When You Screenshot Someone’s Hinge Profile?
When you take screenshot of someone’s Hinge profile:
- The person will be completely unaware of your action. They will not be notified in any way that you took a screenshot
- Hinge will not be aware that you took a screenshot because such actions are neither prohibited, prevented, nor monitored
- You will not suffer any consequences for taking a screenshot as long as you do not use the content for commercial, unethical, or illegal purposes.