Screenscrapes

[ML4L]

Hey all,

I tried searching this and didn't come up with anything...

Reading a post in the mid/high forum, I came across an explanation of a 'screen scrape.' As I understand it, if you have Party open, they can capture images of what you have open on your desktop. So, my questions are:

Is this true?

Do other sites do it as well?

Can it be used to access information that I don't want others to see (i.e. if I am doing online banking in Internet Explorer while playing, can Party see my bank account)?

I'm going to feel like a moron if this is an inside joke like pattern mapping or something, but I'm relatively ignorant about computers, so I don't know if this practice is plausible or not... Any clarification that someone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

ML4L