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

[Chamunks]

I would prefer Microsoft Teams over Zoom that company sounds sketchy as
hell.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:24 PM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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>
>>> > 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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