What the profile sets
Head-on, your screen remains sharp
Privnoid maps how clear your display looks from straight in front, so the dimming never gets to the angle you read from.
From the side, it goes dark
A dimming curve matched to your phone darkens the screen as the viewing angle widens, so the person next to you sees glass rather than your messages.
Context: reading a screen from beside someone has a name, shoulder surfing, and it happens most in busy places. Source: Wikipedia, Shoulder surfing
It turns itself on where people sit near
Trains, cafes and waiting rooms switch the profile on without a tap, and it steps back when you're on your own.
The profile at a quick look
- Phones
- iPhone and Android
- Head-on
- Sharp, set by a direct-view clarity map
- Side angles
- Dimmed along a curve matched to your screen
- Turns on
- By itself on trains, in cafes and in waiting rooms
- First step
- Confirm your device, then let it check your display
Before: the seat beside you reads on.
Now: they see misted glass, you keep on reading.
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