ZOOM meetings and your privacy

fullmahina
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ZOOM meetings and your privacy Jun 7, 2020 15:37:21 GMT bbbearsmom, pamthomas46, and 1 more like this

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Post by fullmahina on Jun 7, 2020 15:37:21 GMT

Well this is interesting. Not that I expect to be investigated by any law enforcement agency in the near future but apparently you have no privacy when you participate in certain Zoom meetings.

I'm not certain whether this applies to WW meetings. WW surely pays for the service but anyone can enter the meetings for free as long as they have the meeting access code.

Anyone out there who can decipher what this might actually mean for those attending Zoom meetings? itsrad maybe?

(I so want to say "Mike Mike Mike...

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boingboing.net/2020/06/03/zoom-ceo-says-it-wont-encryp.html?

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-02/zoom-transforms-hype-into-huge-jump-in-sales-customers?

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itsrad
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ZOOM meetings and your privacy Jun 7, 2020 16:15:10 GMT bbbearsmom, pamthomas46, and 2 more like this

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Post by itsrad on Jun 7, 2020 16:15:10 GMT

Anyone with the code can get into a Zoom meeting - depending on how the administrator has set it up. For some things I do on Zoom, the code gets me right in. For other meetings, the code gets me into a waiting room. The admin has to allow me into the Zoom meeting. I'm not doing WW so I've no idea how or if they are controlling the access.

I do know that in some school districts, when they started using Zoom, the kids were publicly sharing the links - which caused a huge problem with trolling and the like.

The encryption thing is confusing to me, and some of the articles indicate that even some of the experts are confused by some of the encryption information that Zoom has put out. I'm not sure that is a big deal to me - I'm not doing anything with Zoom that would reveal more than my name and face (available multiple places anyway), or the fact that my downward facing dog is pretty bad. I think it is a bigger concern for companies that are doing business using Zoom - and some of the corporate Zoom stuff has higher end encryption anyway.

And you are right, Mike would be all over this, and explaining it way better than I can.

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

linda72 Legendary Member Posts: 9,792	ZOOM meetings and your privacy Jun 7, 2020 16:16:38 GMT bbbearsmom, pamthomas46, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by linda72 on Jun 7, 2020 16:16:38 GMT Jun 7, 2020 16:15:10 GMT itsrad said: my downward facing dog is pretty bad. We want a picture of that, itsrad,!!

itsrad Global Moderator Posts: 1,664	ZOOM meetings and your privacy Jun 7, 2020 16:31:03 GMT bbbearsmom, pamthomas46, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by itsrad on Jun 7, 2020 16:31:03 GMT Jun 7, 2020 16:16:38 GMT linda72 said: Jun 7, 2020 16:15:10 GMT itsrad said: my downward facing dog is pretty bad. We want a picture of that, itsrad ,!! No, really you don't.
	"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

dar1965
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ZOOM meetings and your privacy Jun 7, 2020 20:20:14 GMT via mobile bbbearsmom, pamthomas46, and 2 more like this

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Post by dar1965 on Jun 7, 2020 20:20:14 GMT

My job had issues with zoom, I guess some people were bombing the meetings with, well..... pics that made some feel uncomfortable 🤷‍♀️, hope that way of saying it isn’t against the ground rules.

Post by fullmahina on Jun 7, 2020 15:37:21 GMT

Post by itsrad on Jun 7, 2020 16:15:10 GMT

Post by linda72 on Jun 7, 2020 16:16:38 GMT

Post by itsrad on Jun 7, 2020 16:31:03 GMT

Post by dar1965 on Jun 7, 2020 20:20:14 GMT

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