Well, this explains… some things.

I can’t help but think this whole system just feels poorly thought through in terms of design and UX writing. I don’t imagine Digital Color Meter is capturing my screen, and in iOS 26 beta this dialog somehow became even more scary (granted, it’s a beta).

@mwichary How would the colorimeter know the colors without capturing the screen?

@bitnacht To me, there’s a difference between capturing and having access to. Capturing implies storage.

@bitnacht Plus, I just used it. I was there and saw what was happening. What does it help me to see this notification pop up a minute after I’m done?

@mwichary I don't know if you are venting or asking a question and I don't have all the details. So my idea is: You have installed an App and granted it privileges to do a task. After that task is finished the app starts using these privileges without you knowing about it. The trick is to detect when a voluntary user interaction triggers the access. There are heuristics for that (well behaved app necessary). The OS can't reliably determine if the app stores the image.

@mwichary Affinity Designer has a similar feature. It doesn't trigger a warning on Tahoe after you granted the privileges.