Encoding the source URL in the screenshot’s metadata is not bad. That would preserve the source credit in places where people simply copy your image and post it somewhere else. We’d have to make sure it’s not saving the full URL of a private conversation, where the full URL might leak a private key or a session ID. Can’t let someone turn on this feature and then accidentally doxx themselves.

Suppose I did fake a screenshot, and I supplied a source link. Anyone could click my link, read the real thing, and call me out on my bullshit. That’s the way it should be.

Source: Reddit after I rewrote the page’s text with Firefox’s developer tools

I wanted to archive that tone-deaf tweet in case that Nazi deletes it, but apparently Wayback Machine has trouble archiving Twitter in particular.

Source: Wayback Machine’s error page when trying to save that tweet

I like this, but it’s better to always link to the source of your screenshot. Art communities like mine are strict about always citing sources, and I wish the rest of the internet would cite sources. For example:

Source: Twitter via Jewish Telegraphic Agency because I’m not giving going to give that tweet any engagement