I’m surprised how much better Zoom works then the other software I have tried.
Today, I had a Zoom call and one of the people had a computer where the fan noise was picked up by his microphone. Zoom automatically downregulated his microphone when he wasn’t speaking to remove the noise to then upregulate the microphone when he spoke.
Zoom allows you to remove the background of a video and only show yourself even if you haven’t a greenscreen. That’s great when you want to have a call with people whom you don’t want to show your room.
While Whereby, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts only seem to be able to show 4 people at a time in gallery view zoom can show many more people.
I see no reason to believe from that post that the security is in a different class then the security of most other tools on the market.
Jitsi might be more secure but the first time I tried to have a call with it the server was overloaded.
Someone holding a meeting to run a variolation study might need higher security then Zoom provides but the use-cases I have at the moment don’t require high levels of security.
For normal privacy concerns the inability to hide the background in most Zoom alternatives seems to like a lot more privacy relevant data to other people.
I’m surprised how much better Zoom works then the other software I have tried.
Today, I had a Zoom call and one of the people had a computer where the fan noise was picked up by his microphone. Zoom automatically downregulated his microphone when he wasn’t speaking to remove the noise to then upregulate the microphone when he spoke.
Zoom allows you to remove the background of a video and only show yourself even if you haven’t a greenscreen. That’s great when you want to have a call with people whom you don’t want to show your room.
While Whereby, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts only seem to be able to show 4 people at a time in gallery view zoom can show many more people.
Are you aware or worried about reported Zoom privacy and security issues?
I see no reason to believe from that post that the security is in a different class then the security of most other tools on the market.
Jitsi might be more secure but the first time I tried to have a call with it the server was overloaded.
Someone holding a meeting to run a variolation study might need higher security then Zoom provides but the use-cases I have at the moment don’t require high levels of security.
For normal privacy concerns the inability to hide the background in most Zoom alternatives seems to like a lot more privacy relevant data to other people.