[TriLUG] Zoom - conferencing

[Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG]

A few weeks ago I read the Zoom claimed to have end-to-end encryption but not 
true. And, they were scanning content as it passes thru their servers, passing 
on info to advertisers. I would not use Zoom for anything that I would not 
want to fall into the hands of unscrupulous malefactors. If you had 
hemorrhoids, would you want someone listening in to know about it to see 
Preparation H to you? It could be worse.

I do agree that it appears that some measures have apparently been added to 
make it possible to protect a session - that is if the master of ceremonies is 
savvy enough to implement them.

--
Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
     Email: RogerB at bronord.com
     Web Site: www.bronord.com

On 4/24/20 3:29 PM, Michael Rulison via TriLUG wrote:
> Dear TriLUGers,
>
> I will stick my neck out and let you correct my understandings:
>
> Zoom insecurity and privacy issues has been overblown, IMO.
>
> Yes, some sessions were hacked into (AFAIK, using emails garnered/stolen 
> outside of Zoom).
> Some of those sessions involved school kids and perhaps 'inappropriate' 
> visual and audio content; that was not nice or kind, but that is the world 
> we live in. Protections from crazies ARE needed.
>
> So, AFAIK Zoom allows
>
>  * meeting invitations to persons I select
>      o along with a password specific to that meeting
>  * a 'waiting room' from which the host may admit to the conference
>    only those persons recognized as properly invited persons.
>  * the host may mute all persons accepted into the meeting
>  * the host may unmute/mute only those he/she chooses.
>  * the host may enable/disable screen sharing for him/her self and any
>    participant
>
> To me this seems to give adequate security for most meetings/conferences. 
> What have I missed?
>
> I have been in a score of Zoom meetings in the past several weeks, using 
> Firefox as my browser. There have been frequent problems of participants 
> unable to unmute themselves, or use their webcam, or share their screen, but 
> these have been lack of knowledge, not software problems.
>
> Some meetings have been from my free account with a limit of 40 minutes a 
> session, which Zoom has often graciously not enforced.
>
> I find it very satisfactory, though I want to check Discord and BigBlueButton.
>