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   August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Zoom or Jitsi anyone?   
   10 Apr 20 13:18:00   
   
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   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   ** 10.04.20 - 17:51, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    WvV>I have no experience with the application myself, but Zoom has had a lot   
    WvV>of bad publicity lately. Basically they steal, use and sell every bit of   
    WvV>information they can get there hands on from your applience, with or   
    WvV>without your consent. So if you value your privacy don't use Zoom...   
      
   The Zoom docs/manual does not mention anything about security/privacy.  I     
   missed that the first time.  But now that you mention it, the privacy     
   aspect is completely missing.   
      
   It does boast "private" sessions.. but that is not the same as encrypted     
   or truly private.   
      
   Zoom seems to cater to the "if it's free, it can't hurt (I have nothing to     
   hide), and it's fun!" mentality (aka, the mezmerized uneducated minions).   
      
   In return for "free", they probably take the position to collect the meta     
   data or include a bot on your pc to monitor your use.   
      
   OTOH, https://jitsi.org/  promises privacy.  It might the better choice if     
   anyone cares about privacy.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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