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How to keep personal data off the screen when you share it — written for the people who share their screen for a living.
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Hide Google Messages texts in screen shares and screenshots
Google Messages for web shows your texts, verification codes and contacts' numbers on screen. How to blur them before you share or take a screenshot.
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Hide Telegram Web chats in screen shares and screenshots
Telegram Web shows your chats, groups, usernames and phone numbers to anyone watching your screen. How to blur them before you share or screenshot.
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Hide WhatsApp Web chats in screen shares and screenshots
WhatsApp Web shows your chats, contacts and phone numbers to anyone watching your screen. How to blur them before you share or take a screenshot.
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Hide tab names when screen sharing
Your browser tabs tell everyone on the call what else you're working on. What tab titles give away, and how to hide them before you share.
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Hide client names when screen sharing
Your sidebar lists every client you work for. Why that matters when screen sharing with one of them, and how to blur other client names first.
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Keep Canadian SINs and passport numbers safe in your screen share
A client's SIN on screen during a call is easy to miss and impossible to take back. Why it keeps happening, and how Smart Blur keeps it hidden.
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How to hide OHIP and Ontario driver's licence numbers in online meetings
Ontario treats a health card number as personal health information, and a licence number as lasting ID. Don't expose them in a screen share.