[kwlug-disc] Videoconference zoom's non-confidentiality

[Mikalai Birukou]

This is why we should articulate prescriptions to set up video 
conferencing servers. DataCity gave us a server to work with, which 
we've been setting up with Paul: https://webconference.kwlug.org/ . Some 
of us may carry experience/code/configs directly into our organizations. 
Other orgs, I hope, will have a chance to have private and secure rooms 
with local vendors like DataCity.

By the way, I can dream to run a server at home, something of p2p way, 
but bandwidth at home will never let it happen (hi, reality check). 
Server rooms are not going anywhere :) .

I'll also note that even if you have an on-premise zoom server, actual 
AES keys pass through Zoom's cloud. Cute detail, right :) .

On 2020-04-03 1:48 p.m., CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> And now we have the links to China: 
> https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/04/03/165216/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 13:24, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com 
> <mailto:kb at 2bits.com>> wrote:
>
>     There is lots of this going around, and it even has a name:
>     Zoom-bombing.
>
>     https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-internet-is-now-rife-with-places-where-you-can-organize-zoom-bombing-raids/
>
>     https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/zoombombing-fbi-warning-1.5519024
>
>     On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:45 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
>     <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>> wrote:
>
>
>         Not to pile on to Zoom too much but wow can it be a tire fire.
>         I tried
>         participating in a meeting that did not have a passcode. Never
>         again.
>         Within minutes kids were joining the meeting and causing grief.
>
>         I hope this does not happen on Monday. We may need more strict
>         moderation powers. Fortunately there are some moderator
>         settings that
>         can help. One disadvantage is that it is tricky to kick people
>         out and
>         keep them out. So when you join on Monday please use a handle that
>         Andrew and I will recognise. If you are "Ben Dover" (nice
>         creativity
>         there, kid. So original.) then we probably will not let you in.
>
>         - Paul
>
>         On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 02:54:33PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>         > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:38 PM CrankyOldBugger
>         <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>>
>         > wrote:
>         >
>         > > And there's more great news about Zoom out now:
>         > >
>         > > It's like these guys aren't even trying to hide their
>         nefarious intentions
>         > > now...
>         > >
>         >
>         > And I posted earlier in that thread about the tests that
>         Paul setup for us
>         > Jitsi and BBB.
>         >
>         > https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16077866&cid=59892828
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