With the wait for iOS 7 finally over, thousands of Apple fans rushed to download the updated operating system. But not everyone is on board.
Thanks to a social media rumor that iOS 7 notifies your pals every time you take a screenshot of their deepest, darkest secrets, there was much panicking over the end of an era. You know, the Era of iPhone-Enabled Blackmailing, Backstabbing and Screenshotting Sexts.
Lives ruined!
So you're telling me iOS7 tells people when you screenshot their texts? Fuuuuck
— Greg Overstrom (@gregoverstrom13) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/anna_gutmann/status/380048553009479680
If ios7 really shows when you screenshot texts I'm quitting life
— who? (@samanthaisgone) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/Bchaps_/status/377121164424138752
So with iOS7 you can't screenshot messages because the person will get notified? Fml #LifeOver
— AYESHA?? (@ayesha__i) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/SarahMeeX/status/380416731673821184
Seriously though iOS7, screenshot alerts? This is real life, not snapchat. Sometimes you just gotta document blackmail… get off my case…
— Laura Clark (@Llwutthecos) September 18, 2013
If iOS7 tells people when you've screenshot their texts then i'm fucked
— George Garrett (@GeorgeyGarrett) September 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/udntkno_SCHMIDT/status/380116139386236928
If at any time your phone notifies you that I have screenshot our texts please let me know so that I can sue the shit out of apple #iOS7
— Brittany Tyler (@btyler16) September 19, 2013
But does iOS 7 really send an alert when you screenshot a text?
https://twitter.com/LeaderTrumpet/status/380428760199069696
Twitchy Labs verdict: Are you guys for real?
https://twitter.com/loisjamieson/status/380615135100174336
https://twitter.com/BRendleman/status/380538312303185920
@paigejanaex17 are really excited iOS7 doesn't tell on you when you screenshot text messages #creepers #iOS7 pic.twitter.com/kKgg5LIcfu
— Rachel Snider (@Rachelsnider92) September 19, 2013
Guys iOS7 doesn't tell people if you screenshot their messages stop believing everything you see on a fake celeb twitter account m'kay?
— drew (@bxyonddrew) September 18, 2013
All that time spent on workarounds was for nothing.
But really .. if iOS7 really tell em when I screenshot a txt message .. I'll just use another camera and take a picture of my phone's screen
— OVO Yancey (@YaNcEY_ThEKiDD) September 18, 2013
The rumor appears to stem from news that iOS 7 would make it easier to screenshot Snapchat messages without alerting the sender.
@lcbailey_ You're right its not true. The root of the rumor? The iOS app Snapchat not Messages. http://t.co/JepKcb8m5X #ios7
— No American Dream (@NoAmericanDrm) September 11, 2013
Best part of iOS7? It doesn't close the snapchat window when I try to take a screenshot. Stay creepin.
— Sicillionaire (@Cala_Lesina) September 18, 2013
Hey #SnapChat users, you can indeed #Screenshot a pic without the other person knowing if you're on #iOS7
You're welcome— Donny Anderson (@Donny480) September 18, 2013
So, no more need to panic. Your creepster screenshots of texts are safe. Rejoice!
https://twitter.com/erinkdoyle/status/380414907604533248
https://twitter.com/allison_camp/status/380535927828799488
https://twitter.com/SouthernTiara/status/380522219765379072
https://twitter.com/huntercrothers/status/380568569492148225