Am 08. Apr, 2020 schwätzte Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss so:

moin moin Harold,

> I will not use zoom with all the privacy and security problems it's having.

Zoom has certainly had some issues. The main security issue was last year
and was addressed, albeit begrudgingly.

Zoom said it does not and has never sold call data. Unfortunately, it took
Zoom a few weeks got respond and update its publicly available policy.

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/a-message-to-our-users/

Not trying to talk you ( or anyone else ) into using Zoom.

I just keep seeing the security things from last year like it's a current
flaw. Granted, even then it was a bad design.

ciao,

der.hans

> On 4/8/20 4:52 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> moin moin,
>> 
>> it did not go well
>> 
>> We were chatting in jitsi prior to starting, but once I started the
>> meeting I could no longer hear others.
>> 
>> We moved to bluejeans and a couple of us were not able to connect.
>> 
>> Afterwards I tested zoom with Mac. Had some issues there as well. Sound
>> kept getting reset. Perhaps that's what was happening with jitsi. As I
>> wasn't presenting in zoom, we took time to get my client reset.
>> 
>> I haven't had that type of problem with either jitsi or zoom in the past.
>> Perhaps it was something I was doing last night.
>> 
>> In testing zoom, I discovered that attendees have to present a name and
>> email address. Neither have to be accurate and the domain doesn't need to
>> exist.
>> 
>> We were able to test making me a host, giving attendees the mic and taking
>> it away. We're up for more testing tonight if anyone wants to get familiar
>> with the host tools. Not too complicated, but it some unexpected places.
>> 
>> zoom requires an app or browser plugin. You can't just use a browser as we
>> can with jitsi and BigBlueButton.
>> 
>> We can configure zoom to not allowing anyone into the conference until the
>> host shows up to avoid a Slap Shot style pre-game. (diable Join by host)
>> 
>> We can also put attendees in their own waiting rooms until a host places
>> them in the conference. (enable Waiting room)
>> 
>> Mac also pointed out that zoom can live stream to YouTube. We can also do
>> that with jitsi. We could then setup the video conferencing for only
>> speakers and moderators and everyone else views via YouTube. We then take
>> questions via IRC or other mechanism. I believe we can do a hidden YouTube
>> broadcast that goes away after the meeting. We could use Brian's account
>> for that or setup a new account.
>> 
>> Let me know if you'd like to help with testing tonight.
>> 
>> ciao,
>> 
>> der.hans
>
>

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