"Your screen is being observed"

This is the second time I have found this on my screen when I woke it up from sleep. Has anyone else seen anything like this? What's causing that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I went through Apple tech support assistance and they found nothing to my computer. A program called Malwarebytes found nothing as well.

iMac 21.5″

Posted on Jan 15, 2024 3:59 AM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2024 4:15 AM

This seems to be related to screen sharing and applications that you likely have given permission to access the feature, also possibly related to screen recording. Have you been recording or sharing or screen casting and forgot to stop?


If you do a search for "screen being observed mac" you'll find links to discussions about the message and its causes. It is not necessarily an indication of malware or nefarious activity.


Here's a link to a discussion in the Apple Communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252166190?sortBy=oldest_first


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Jan 15, 2024 4:15 AM in response to Patrick Forbes

This seems to be related to screen sharing and applications that you likely have given permission to access the feature, also possibly related to screen recording. Have you been recording or sharing or screen casting and forgot to stop?


If you do a search for "screen being observed mac" you'll find links to discussions about the message and its causes. It is not necessarily an indication of malware or nefarious activity.


Here's a link to a discussion in the Apple Communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252166190?sortBy=oldest_first


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