@Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me
Post #2019077
2026-04-17 17:20 UTC
For all those keeping up with what's happening with volunteers at @bemyeyes in the blind community with the whole volunteers recording calls thing saying the app should just ban screen recording, I would just like to say it's not that simple. What people are doing is videoing the device making the call with another device. So the app limiting the ability to screen record would probably help if that's how it's being done, however, this could be hard to actually do anything about. The one solution I can think of is banning people from the app based on the name linked to the account but not sure how ethical that is in case some people have similar names. If anyone else has ideas of what can be done I'd definitely be interested in hearing them. Just thought I'd put that out there for those unaware.
#blind @mastoblind
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@pixelate@tweesecake.social 2026-04-17 18:29
@Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me @bemyeyes@mastodon.social @mastoblind@fedigroups.social Oh my, I've not heard anything about this.
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@KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social 2026-04-18 22:18
@J3317@allovertheplace.ca @Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me Yeah, it's a classic example of the analog hole. Same thing applies with movie piracy and screen recording, nothing can possibly stop someone aiming a camera at a screen and hitting the shutter. I sincerely hope that Be My Eyes starts taking actions against the folks recording, while we love the help, we hate the invation and breech of privacy because you know damn well they didn't ask for consent before recording and posting.