Comments on: How to best use Zoom, Hangouts, Meet, Skype, and so on

By: dean

dean — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:02:15 +0000

Just in case anyone is swayed by Zoom being “end to end encrypted” — it isn’t, in the usual sense of only the source and receiver being able to see the message. Zoom’s stuff is encrypted (not very well) to their survers, but they decrypt them in order to see where they need to be routed. Also, the video they record is kept, unencrypted, in an open Amazon (I believe) site. There have been issues with the way the 10-digit reg code are generated — you can find programs that auto seach for active codes, and since the default settings allow anyone with a reg code to get in, that can be a problem.

They’re working fast to fix things — this huge ramp up in use caught them by surprise like it did all of them — see the problems Microsoft Teams, Hangouts, and others have had. Server capacity is huge but still finite.

By: dean

dean — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 12:04:44 +0000

In reply to MikeN. "Unless it’s the Echo or Alexa that you keep promoting." Overblown issues.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 05:09:02 +0000

“You really do not want to grant permanent permission to any entity to have access to your video and audio.”

Unless it’s the Echo or Alexa that you keep promoting.

By: Bernard J.

Bernard J. — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:48:43 +0000

And remember when you have audio and video on and when you don’t, unlike the woman who went for a poop during a Zoom meeting.

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