Zoom

[DracoM]

Is Zoom good to use? EASY to use?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Do you mean the recording device? If so - yes.

[MrGongGong]

I think he means the video conferencing thing

Yes... but ........some issues

[Bryn]

Do you mean the recording device? If so - yes.

I think the reference may be to the multi-user video conferencing app. Friends have been having 'Internet wether' problems using it of late. Too many losses of service due to the heavy traffic.

[richardfinegold]

We use it for family get togethers. So far we haven’t been hacked

[DracoM]

Yes, video conferencing. I am a real amateur with this stuff, so.........easy to sort?

[Old Grumpy]

Never used it, but beware zoom bombing*

* links to Metro article

[richardfinegold]

Yes, video conferencing. I am a real amateur with this stuff, so.........easy to sort?

It is very easy to use. Reportedly it was designed that way to encourage use, the downside being the lack of security verification has led to hacking, or zoom bombing. So far no one has hacked our family conferences, no doubt missing out on people sharing recipes for banana bread..l

[Sir Velo]

So far no one has hacked our family conferences, no doubt missing out on people sharing recipes for banana bread..l

You will be giving Dave2002 ever more reasons for internet paranoia!

[Lordgeous]

I don't find it easy to use at all, though pretty computer savvy. Must be my age! Quality very good though.

[richardfinegold]

I don't find it easy to use at all, though pretty computer savvy. Must be my age! Quality very good though.

There are different Zoom apps. I wonder if we are using the same one.
All I had to do was register with email. Then there are tabs to create a conference or join an existing one. If you create one you are assigned a code which you text to others, who enter it and that is all that is required

[MrGongGong]

It is very easy to use. Reportedly it was designed that way to encourage use, the downside being the lack of security verification has led to hacking, or zoom bombing. So far no one has hacked our family conferences, no doubt missing out on people sharing recipes for banana bread..l

"Hacking" seems now to be the equivalent of "not changing the default settings".....those people who really are "Hackers" do something else entirely IMV

[Dave2002]

You will be giving Dave2002 ever more reasons for internet paranoia!

Indeed - but at least I don't go around burning down phone masts because some absolute m****ns think it gives them CV-19 - or that seems to be their "excuse" for their anarchistic actions.

I am on to this.

[Stunsworth]

We use Microsoft Teams at work. There’s a free version that includes video conferencing, and proper end to end encryption. If I were doing this myself I’d choose the the MS product rather than Zoom - which has been banned in New York schools due to privacy concerns.

[Dave2002]

We use Microsoft Teams at work. There’s a free version that includes video conferencing, and proper end to end encryption. If I were doing this myself I’d choose the the MS product rather than Zoom - which has been banned in New York schools due to privacy concerns.

Presumably only works on PCs, or is it also cross platform? If the security is better, then I'd perhaps choose that - despite my general concerns about MS.