Ask HN: Is it possible to share screens without downloading anything?

  • Wouldn't it be a pretty bad security hole if your browser - the one program on your machine that the most people are trying to exploit - could access parts of your screen that are outside its own windows?

  • Probably yes. Have you seen screen cast o matic .com? They allow video recording without installing any plugin just visiting their website. So if that can be done then yes Screen sharing too.

    Sorry I exactly dont know how do they do it. Please try out. They use some kind of Java plugin (not alone Java Script).

  • If you're using chrome, you can share your screen using WebRTC to other browsers that support it. Right now, that's just Firefox and Chrome.

    Check out talky for an example. https://talky.io