If you are using a real-time AI copilot during a Zoom interview, the recording layer is only one of the things that needs to miss it. Zoom also captures attention metrics, screen telemetry, and (with cloud recording on) every frame the interviewer's display showed.
Here is the five-layer stealth checklist used by WinItAI, benchmarked against 17 recorders with zero detections.
Layer 1 — Hide the window from screen-share
Modern OS rendering APIs allow specific windows to be excluded from the screen-capture frame buffer. macOS calls this the screen-recording exclusion list; Windows has equivalent flags. WinItAI's overlay sets these on launch so the entire window never enters the capture path.
Layer 2 — Hide the process from the OS
Some recording tools enumerate the OS process list and surface a 'WinItAI' or similar entry. Process-name obfuscation runs the copilot under a generic system-helper name so the process list is uninformative.
Layer 3 — Defeat anti-pattern eye-tracking
Zoom and several recording tools now run gaze-tracking on the candidate's webcam. If your eyes consistently drift to a fixed point off-screen, the recording flags it for review. Stealth posture mitigates this with overlay placement that mimics natural reading patterns and short, on-screen answer summaries.
Layer 4 — Cloak the accessibility API
OS accessibility APIs let any tool enumerate every window — including hidden ones. Cloaking the accessibility API removes the copilot from that enumeration so even tools that bypass the screen-share exclusion do not see it.
Layer 5 — Per-frame canvas redraw
Some detection tools fingerprint static overlays. Per-frame canvas redraw continuously repaints the overlay so the fingerprint never stabilizes. The visual experience is unchanged for the candidate; the detector cannot lock on.
Operational discipline
Stealth software is necessary but not sufficient. Disable Bluetooth notifications. Close every other AI assistant. Use a clean browser profile. Mute desktop notifications. Test your setup on a recorded mock the day before.