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Protecting Your Screen During Meetings with a Single Click

We all know the anxiety of sharing your screen in a meeting and suddenly needing to switch tabs.
That moment of hesitation. That split second of "wait, what do I have open right now?" before you click.
I kept living that moment over and over.

Inspired by a very public ChatGPT history

A few months ago I was presenting to my team, accidentally switched tabs, and everyone saw my ChatGPT conversation history wide open.
That split second of "they can see everything" stuck with me.
So I started wondering:
What if a tool just handled all of this for you, automatically?

Introducing Privacy Shield

  • Instead of panicking when you switch tabs just don't worry about it. Meeting Mode auto-detects when you're sharing your screen and instantly hides all tab names and favicons. No setup. No clicking. It just works.
  • Alt+Click any element to blur it persists even after refresh Content creators can hide credentials live while recording no editing needed
  • Working in public? Blur anything a shoulder surfer might see.
  • Full control via settings per-site rules, blur intensity, whitelists

It started as a fix for my own anxiety during meetings.
After using it daily, I stopped dreading tab switches entirely and I'm sharing it in case it makes your screen sharing a bit less stressful.
It's completely free on the Chrome Web Store

Privacy Shield - Chrome Web Store

Privacy Shield blur pages, mask tabs, hide UI elements and keep your screen private whether you're sharing, presenting, or in public

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Happy coding ❤️

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