fix(view-once): hold-to-view pattern + content-protection during reveal

apps/desktop/electron/ipc-types.ts

@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ export const CHANNELS = {
   // OS fullscreen so the Windows taskbar / macOS menubar gets covered.
   WINDOW_SET_FULLSCREEN: 'window:set-fullscreen',
 
+  // Content-protection toggle. Enables/disables OS-level screenshot/screen-
+  // recording block (WDA_MONITOR on Windows, NSWindowSharingNone on macOS)
+  // while a view-once image is being revealed. No-op on Linux X11.
+  WINDOW_SET_CONTENT_PROTECTION: 'window:set-content-protection',
+
   // Wipe-on-close — main process pushes this to the renderer right before
   // exiting if the user has enabled the Settings → Sicherheit toggle. The
   // renderer clears its sensitive caches (memoryWipe.ts) and acks via
@@ -271,6 +276,12 @@ export interface UpdateProgress {
   total: number;
 }
 
+// ---- Window content protection -------------------------------------------
+
+export interface WindowSetContentProtectionArgs {
+  enabled: boolean;
+}
+
 // ---- Runtime marker ------------------------------------------------------
 
 /** Value exposed on `window.electronAPI.platform`. Used by the renderer

apps/desktop/electron/main.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { register as registerShortcuts } from './modules/shortcuts';
 import { register as registerSql } from './modules/sql';
 import { register as registerTray } from './modules/tray';
 import { register as registerUpdater } from './modules/updater';
+import { register as registerWindowContentProtection } from './modules/window-content-protection';
 import { register as registerWindowFullscreen } from './modules/window-fullscreen';
 import { attach as attachWindowState, loadState } from './window-state';
 
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ if (!gotLock) {
     registerTray(mainWindow);
     registerUpdater(mainWindow);
     registerWindowFullscreen(mainWindow);
+    registerWindowContentProtection(mainWindow);
     registerAudioLoopback(mainWindow);
   });
 

apps/desktop/electron/modules/window-content-protection.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Window content-protection adapter. Enables / disables OS-level
+// screenshot and screen-recording blocking on the host BrowserWindow.
+//
+//   Windows: WDA_MONITOR (SetWindowDisplayAffinity) — the window surface
+//            appears black in any screen capture tool (OBS, Snipping Tool,
+//            Win+PrtScr, etc.) while protection is enabled.
+//   macOS:   NSWindowSharingNone — equivalent coverage for QuickTime,
+//            Cmd+Shift+3/4, and external recorders.
+//   Linux:   No-op. Electron exposes the API on all platforms but the
+//            X11/Wayland compositors don't honour it in Electron 33.
+//
+// Called by the renderer during view-once image reveals so the image
+// cannot be captured by an OS-level screenshot while it is on screen.
+
+import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from 'electron';
+
+import { CHANNELS, type WindowSetContentProtectionArgs } from '../ipc-types';
+
+export function register(mainWindow: BrowserWindow): void {
+  ipcMain.handle(
+    CHANNELS.WINDOW_SET_CONTENT_PROTECTION,
+    (_evt, args: WindowSetContentProtectionArgs) => {
+      // Electron's setContentProtection covers Windows (WDA_MONITOR) and
+      // macOS (NSWindowSharingNone) in one call. No-op on Linux X11.
+      // Wrapped in try/catch because the window can already be destroyed
+      // by the time this fires during a teardown.
+      try {
+        const win = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(_evt.sender) ?? mainWindow;
+        if (!win || win.isDestroyed()) return;
+        win.setContentProtection(args.enabled);
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn('setContentProtection failed', err);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+}

apps/desktop/electron/preload-types.d.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ export interface ElectronAPI {
 
   setFullscreen: (enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
 
+  /** Block OS-level screen capture (Win+PrtScr, OBS, etc.) while a
+   *  view-once image is being revealed. Covers Windows (WDA_MONITOR) and
+   *  macOS (NSWindowSharingNone). No-op on Linux X11. Optional: always
+   *  feature-check because the web build has no preload bridge. */
+  setContentProtection?: (enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+
   /** Subscribe to the main-process pre-quit notification. Used by the
    *  "Cache beim Schließen leeren" Settings toggle. */
   onWipeBeforeQuit: (cb: () => Promise<void>) => () => void;

apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts

@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ const api = {
   setFullscreen: (enabled: boolean): Promise<void> =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke(CHANNELS.WINDOW_SET_FULLSCREEN, enabled),
 
+  // Window content protection ----------------------------------------------
+  setContentProtection: (enabled: boolean): Promise<void> =>
+    ipcRenderer.invoke(CHANNELS.WINDOW_SET_CONTENT_PROTECTION, { enabled }),
+
   // OS hostname ------------------------------------------------------------
   getHostname: (): Promise<string | null> => ipcRenderer.invoke(CHANNELS.APP_HOSTNAME),
 

apps/desktop/src/components/ViewOnceImage.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { markAttachmentViewed } from '@chat-app/shared/chat';
 
@@ -16,16 +16,34 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 // Three states:
-//   1. viewedAt is null AND user is recipient → blurred lock card; tap opens
+//   1. viewedAt is null AND user is recipient → blurred lock card. Press-and-
-//      fullscreen lightbox AND fires the mark-viewed RPC.
+//      hold reveals the image fullscreen; release closes it AND fires the
+//      mark-viewed RPC.
 //   2. viewedAt is set → tombstone "Angesehen am …".
-//   3. user is sender → normal image, tombstone update appears once recipient burns it.
+//   3. user is sender → normal image, tombstone update appears once recipient
+//      burns it.
+//
+// While revealed, the renderer window enables content-protection
+// (`win.setContentProtection(true)`) so OS-level screen capture (OBS, Win/Cmd
+// snipping tools, screen recorders) sees a black/empty surface. Re-enabled
+// on release / unmount.
 export function ViewOnceImage({ attachmentId, viewedAt, isSender, src }: Props) {
   const [revealedAt, setRevealedAt] = useState<string | null>(viewedAt);
-  const [fullscreen, setFullscreen] = useState(false);
+  const [revealing, setRevealing] = useState(false);
+  const burnedRef = useRef(false);
+  const holdingRef = useRef(false);
 
   const burned = revealedAt !== null;
 
+  // Tear down screen-capture protection if the component unmounts mid-reveal.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (revealing || holdingRef.current) {
+        void window.electronAPI?.setContentProtection?.(false).catch(() => {});
+      }
+    };
+  }, [revealing]);
+
   if (burned && !isSender) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-32 w-48 items-center justify-center rounded-lg border border-dashed border-line bg-surface-3 text-xs text-fg-muted">
@@ -51,35 +69,78 @@ export function ViewOnceImage({ attachmentId, viewedAt, isSender, src }: Props)
     );
   }
 
-  // Recipient, not yet viewed.
+  const startReveal = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const handleOpen = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (burnedRef.current) return;
+    burnedRef.current = true;
+    holdingRef.current = true;
+    try {
+      await window.electronAPI?.setContentProtection?.(true);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('setContentProtection enable failed', err);
+    }
+    // The user may have released during the await. If so, skip showing the
+    // dialog and run the close-path directly so we don't leave the renderer
+    // in protected mode with no visible UI.
+    if (!holdingRef.current) {
+      // User released during the IPC await — endReveal already fired and is
+      // responsible for teardown (setContentProtection(false) + mark-viewed).
+      // Skipping teardown here avoids a duplicate markAttachmentViewed RPC.
+      return;
+    }
+    setRevealing(true);
+  };
+
+  const endReveal = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!holdingRef.current && !revealing) return;
+    holdingRef.current = false;
+    if (revealing) setRevealing(false);
+    await teardownReveal();
+  };
+
+  const teardownReveal = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    try {
+      await window.electronAPI?.setContentProtection?.(false);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('setContentProtection disable failed', err);
+    }
     try {
       const res = await markAttachmentViewed(supabase, attachmentId);
       if (res.viewedAt) setRevealedAt(res.viewedAt);
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('mark-viewed failed', err);
+      burnedRef.current = false;
     }
-    setFullscreen(true);
   };
 
   return (
     <>
       <button
         type="button"
-        onClick={() => void handleOpen()}
+        onPointerDown={() => void startReveal()}
-        className="relative flex h-48 w-64 cursor-pointer flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface-3 text-fg-muted hover:border-accent/40"
+        onPointerUp={() => void endReveal()}
+        onPointerLeave={() => void endReveal()}
+        onPointerCancel={() => void endReveal()}
+        className="relative flex h-48 w-64 cursor-pointer flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface-3 text-fg-muted hover:border-accent/40 select-none"
       >
         <LockIcon className="h-6 w-6 text-accent" />
-        <span className="text-xs font-medium">Einmal ansehen — antippen</span>
+        <span className="text-xs font-medium">Gedrückt halten zum Ansehen</span>
       </button>
-      {fullscreen && (
+      {revealing && (
         <div
           role="dialog"
           aria-modal="true"
-          className="fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center bg-black/90 p-6"
+          aria-label="Einmal-ansehen Bild"
-          onClick={() => setFullscreen(false)}
+          className="fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center bg-black/95 p-6"
         >
-          <img src={src} alt="" className="max-h-full max-w-full rounded-lg" />
+          <img
+            src={src}
+            alt=""
+            className="max-h-full max-w-full select-none rounded-lg"
+            draggable={false}
+          />
+          <span className="absolute bottom-6 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 rounded-full bg-white/10 px-3 py-1 text-xs font-semibold text-white">
+            Loslassen zum Schließen — Aufnahme blockiert
+          </span>
         </div>
       )}
     </>