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Author: Donald Mac McCarthy via PLUG-discuss
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To: Main PLUG discussion list, der.hans via PLUG-discuss
CC: Donald Mac McCarthy, der.hans
Subject: Re: zoom and teams patches
Since when was Cisco known for a "good" UI?

Mac

der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote on 4/28/20 10:40 PM:
> Am 28. Apr, 2020 schwätzte Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss so:
>
> moin moin,
>
>> That's not entirely true, I use Webex on Linux, including sharing my
>> screen,
>
> Yeah, in the end it worked with Firefox. I had to allow some JavaScript,
> but no completely 3rd party stuff.
>
> I also didn't need to create an account for authentication. The webex
> join
> meeting UI sucks pretty badly.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>> nearly every day for work. It is true that there's no native client,
>> though, but the workaround is to use Chrome or a Chrome-based browser
>> (in my case, Chromium), and Webex is able to use the built-in screen
>> sharing functionality of Chrome to share your screen. The only caveat
>> I've found is that you must use Xorg, not Wayland, as Chromium
>> doesn't appear to support screen capture on Wayland.
>>
>>
>> On 2020-04-28 15:20, Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> Webex still does not have a Linux client (not even via web), so it is
>>> a no go for me except on my phone, and I can't teach class with a
>>> phone.  So still using Zoom.
>>> Phil W
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:32 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> moin moin,
>>>>
>>>> I'll be posting something longer and positive about Big Blue Button
>>>> (
>>>> hopefully today ), but at this point we're probably all stuck using
>>>> a
>>>> variety of tools that others get to choose for us.
>>>>
>>>> Zoom fixed their waiting room security hole and Microsoft is still
>>>> learning how to safely display images.
>>>>
>>>> Both were fixed server side, so the holes should be gone.
>>>>
>>>> https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/zooms-waiting-room-vulnerability/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> https://www.cyberark.com/threat-research-blog/beware-of-the-gif-account-takeover-vulnerability-in-microsoft-teams/
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know the state of webex? That's popped up for me due to the
>>>> recurring zoom issues.
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>>
>>>> der.hans
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