Subj : Zoom or Jitsi anyone?
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Apr 10 2020 01:18 pm

Hello Wilfred!

** 10.04.20 - 17:51, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 WvV>I have no experience with the application myself, but Zoom has had a lot
 WvV>of bad publicity lately. Basically they steal, use and sell every bit of
 WvV>information they can get there hands on from your applience, with or
 WvV>without your consent. So if you value your privacy don't use Zoom...

The Zoom docs/manual does not mention anything about security/privacy.  I  
missed that the first time.  But now that you mention it, the privacy  
aspect is completely missing.

It does boast "private" sessions.. but that is not the same as encrypted  
or truly private.

Zoom seems to cater to the "if it's free, it can't hurt (I have nothing to  
hide), and it's fun!" mentality (aka, the mezmerized uneducated minions).

In return for "free", they probably take the position to collect the meta  
data or include a bot on your pc to monitor your use.

OTOH, https://jitsi.org/  promises privacy.  It might the better choice if  
anyone cares about privacy.


  ../|ug

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