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Linux's Favorite Screenshot Tool Flameshot 13.0 Arrives After 3-Year Hiatus (news.itsfoss.com)

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[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Another major change disables Imgur uploads by default. The developers cite privacy concerns about users accidentally sharing sensitive screenshots on public platforms.

Am I misinterpreting this, or does this imply that older versions of Flameshot automatically uploaded all screenshots to Imgur?

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no but images uploaded to imgur can be discovered by people just browsing imgur which isn't obvious to people who assume you have to have the link to see it

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, sure. Are you saying the feature was actually removed entirely? The article makes it sound like it is just disabled by default now, but still exists.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

From their release notes page regarding this feature. Use chatgpt next time something please or pay me

The imgur uploader is disabled by default at compile time. Users that wish to re-enable this can build from source with -DENABLE_IMGUR. We expect this to be a bit controversial but we believe this is the best direction for the project. [ℹ️]
- The goal for Flameshot is to be a lightweight screenshot / annotation program. The imgur uploader is a program in its own right
- The authors of Flameshot are increasingly privacy conscious. Having a misclick in a screenshot program accidentally upload sensitive data feels very risky.
- We continue to discuss and iterate ideas for a plugin system [ℹ️]. When that is completed users who wish to have an uploader right in their screenshot program can implement this in a plugin
- We will keep the imgur uploader code in the code base until plugins are ready
- Please let us know your thoughts either way. This is not a vote, but we are interested in the communities opinion.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

IIRC, earlier there would be a button to upload to imgur whenever you took a screenshot. I guess now you'd need to intentionally enable the feature to see the button.