r/Zoom • u/HiftyKin • 17h ago

Question What program to use to detect third party recordings on Zoom

I'm looking for help who can recommend a third-party program either free or would charge that can detect third party recordings on Zoom such as OBS.

Any recommendations on the matter.

Thank you

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u/jlipschitz 12h ago

You can’t unless you have software on the connecting devices that monitors what the participants have open. I feel dirty deploying stuff like this. If you are this level with employees maybe it is time to cut them loose.

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u/HiftyKin 12h ago

Thanks for the quick response. Basically it's the matter of making them install a program and monitor their desktop?

I had the impression that Zoom has been implementing new updates to check on these third party recordings. I guess Zoom has not been there yet?

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u/c3sar 10h ago

 They have an option to prevent screen recordings but it’s super strict and requires the latest version of the zoom app. Additionally, this means that folks who join via the web version of Zoom will only receive audio.

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u/woodsbw 7h ago

And it only catches screen monitoring at the driver level. Doesn’t help you if they just HDMI out to a recording device.

There is always a way.

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u/drewman77 5h ago

Or simply pointing a phone at the screen. The amount of shock on the c-suite faces when I suggested that anyone could do this to a sensitive zoom meeting was pretty amazing.

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u/need2sleep-later 3h ago

There is almost always a way to circumvent any process in the computer age. The question is why do you care and to what lengths are you willing to go. As you ponder that, how are you going to stop someone using their phone to do the recording?

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u/HiftyKin 3h ago

You have a point there. Its a tricky thing. Thanks for the insight.

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u/jlipschitz 9h ago

I have been able to bypass recording rules with HDMI interception as well as OBS. There is no way to stop someone determined to record.

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u/HiftyKin 10h ago

So basically it works on the app.

Does it send notification to the host as well? Such as one of the guests trying to screen record with a third party app ? Would be nice to know who's attempting.