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JTCAN
Copper Contributor
Oct 25, 2023

MS Teams is Capturing Your Screen (Mac)

This notification is always on when running the new MS Teams on Mac. Even when there are no meetings running.

 

Seems like a major privacy breach?

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Screen Recording
  • RARS's avatar
    RARS
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 26, 2023

    JTCAN 

    Same issue here - this is either a notifiction bug or a massive provacy problem. Either way it needs addressing ASAP. As it stands I have had to to disable that permission for Teams and re-enable every time I need to share my screen, which is not ideal.

    • Paul_Keijzers's avatar
      Paul_Keijzers
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      Oct 26, 2023

      RARS I think this is a bug have seen this with multiple applications on mac. do not see it anymore on my mac.

       

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      • SamFeedback's avatar
        SamFeedback
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 10, 2024

        Not sure what the problem was but this worked: answered a call on the web version, didn't let the app open, shared my screen, then stopped sharing. Notification went away.

  • Kubra1230's avatar
    Kubra1230
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 13, 2023

    I'm experiencing the same problem. Even after disabling screen recording permissions in System Settings and quitting Teams, the issue persists. It's quite annoying and raises privacy concerns.

     

     

    JTCAN 

    • AnnaDW's avatar
      AnnaDW
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 01, 2023

      I'm having the same issue. This needs to be easier to turn off

  • rbwestergaard's avatar
    rbwestergaard
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 04, 2023
    We're experiencing the same issue here as of this date. Not everyone are affected by it though. I cannot conclude weather this issue is related to macOS or Teams.

    BTW: I disabled Microsoft Teams from screen recording in the privacy settings, but the issue persists regardless.
  • fdevelopms's avatar
    fdevelopms
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 20, 2023
    Same here. Quite annoying - and any workaround could be useful, but didn't find any so far...
      • ehcase's avatar
        ehcase
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 27, 2024

        This is still happening as of 1/27/2023. No processes running in activity monitor as far as I can tell except the audio driver, which has been a problem for years now.

  • sandra_ora2000's avatar
    sandra_ora2000
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 24, 2024

    This worked for me: What I just did was to pretend to join a private upcoming meeting, then share my screen there, then stopped sharing my screen. It disappeared right after, I left the empty 'meeting'.JTCAN 

  • BrentH2250's avatar
    BrentH2250
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 25, 2024

    JTCAN This helped me - maybe it will help someone else.
    I think the way this started was that I answered a call on the web version, and then switched to the App version. To remedy, I did the same thing again, and the notification went away.

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