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Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by MattPalmer1086 »

cwillu wrote: post #290
MattPalmer1086 wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article says web is supported. Whether that means all browsers or just some, no idea.

Perhaps a little less snark would be appropriate if you don't know what other people are talking about.

Apologies if I came across snarky, not my intention.

It's definitely not true that this feature breaks support for devices not owned by the manufacturer. The follow on question about whether all possible web clients / operating systems would be supported, I don't know. The article just says that web is supported.

Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by qgdfhu »

NKosmatos wrote: post #78

LOL Another stupid feature (enforced by regulations/law/policies) that has no real world use, besides making us users angry :-( Like Google collecting all of our location history for their own usage, but not allowing us to see it via web anymore (only on mobiles), or having the android dialer not allowing us to record our own phone conversation (easily circumvented), or movie/music/game publishers not allowing us to…

> phone conversation (easily circumvented)

Well, is there a reliable way to circumvent it without using a separate device? I cannot find anything that would just work on Android and not be paid.

Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by lazide »

zvr wrote: post #271
teo_zero wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what scenario you're imagining, but Teams is mainly for remote meetings.

I think he meant that in a meeting of few people, all with cameras on, a participant can't simply raise his phone and take a picture.

People turn their cameras off for a few minutes all the time. And it’s not like people can’t fiddle with their phones out of frame.

Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by hulitu »

Aurornis wrote: post #81
NKosmatos wrote: post #78

LOL Another stupid feature (enforced by regulations/law/policies) that has no real world use, besides making us users angry :-( Like Google collecting all of our location history for their own usage, but not allowing us to see it via web anymore (only on mobiles), or having the android dialer not allowing us to record our own phone conversation (easily circumvented), or movie/music/game publishers not allowing us to…

> All these are due to laws and regulations that are there to protect the big companies and don’t take into consideration users This feature is not due to laws and regulations. The user in this case is the presenter who clicks the button to enable screenshot protection on their meeting. This is Microsoft trying to deliver a feature their users want , not laws and regulations making them do something their users don’t…

> to enable screenshot protection on their meeting

Nobody forces them to make a presentation. They can always spend their time doing something else.

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Post by rf15 »

throitallaway wrote: post #127
asadotzler wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very likely. WideVine and PlayReady can enforce.

If they don't it's bye bye Teams for me (a blessing in disguise) because they discontinued the Linux client a while ago.

This is exactly my problem, hope they don't do the insane thing and just butcher it further

Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by Nihilartikel »

Wonder how well it will work from chromium in Wayland.

That is, I'm genuinely curious. Like is there any protocol or standard to mark a part of a DOM or a canvas as uncapturable? Up though the compositor and pipewire or however it happens these days?

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Post by p_l »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #250
miki123211 wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who completely misunderstand the value of friction, and those who depend on friction too heavily; GP clearly falls into the former group. This feature provides value because it increases friction. It won't stop really determined and motivated users from leaking, but it'll make leaks, especially accidental leaks / those due to hacks, a lot less common. The same applies…

I think using the word friction is good. If you want your business to run smoothly you should not apply friction. In-fact, you should be looking for places where there is fiction and apply lube. Either the information your are sharing is sensitive, or it is not. Applying friction to your colleges is just making their jobs more difficult.

Using your analogy one should lube the brake pads, after all friction is bad, isn't it?

The friction here is on the "unwanted" path, and in a way provides "lube" (less thinking and care) for the correct security posture.

Re: Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

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Post by schaum »

queuebert wrote: post #22

What's to stop me embedding a pinhole camera in the lamp behind me, zooming it in on the screen, and recording every meeting? These kinds of measures only stop the good guys from doing their jobs. The bad guys put way too much effort into espionage for this to work.

Do you use netflix? Maybe similar when taking a screenshot there you end up with black where the video is playing

I can totally imagine that they will do something similar,so I guess it's pretty simple to implement if done like that

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