Subj : Zoom anyone?
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon May 11 2020 06:48 pm

On 11/05/2020 6:35 a.m., Richard Menedetter : August Abolins wrote:

RM> I have again learned a new word (prudent roughly equal to intelligent I guess).

:)

RM> Here the camera is secured by a slider, that you need to slide manually over,
RM> otherwise you get a black video. Additionally you have a hardware LED that is
RM> lit when the camera is active.

A few years ago, I read that there was a way to disable the LED light yet enable
the camera.  Maybe it only pertains to Windows, dunno.  But it was grounded on
requiring to have allowed a rogue program to get settled on your machine.


RM> If you want to have a video conference you need to allow video access. And I
RM> do not see the difference weather I allow access to the browser or a
RM> specialzed app like teams or zoom.

As long as we perceive that the video app is under our control then there's no
problem, I guess.  ;)   But.. when reports surface months/years later that
program X had a bug that allowed remote control of the camera then that could be
mildly upsetting.


RM> When I go with the browser to my https secured webpoage with Jitsi that I set
RM> up, and it asks me to allow video access, I feel quit safe.

At least Jitsi is open source.. and anyone can take a look inside to look for
clues if anything nefarious is going on.

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