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Stephen Downes

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Zoom is really simple to use but really complex pbehind the scenes. It was designed for enterprise use, with the expectation that privacy setting would be managed by system administrators. But as we've all seen, it became very popular for online use by individuals, and it was not well-suited for that, from a privacy perspective. Zoom has made sdome improvements, but users still need to attend to privacy issues. That's what this article is about. Here's the advice: keep the app updated. Use a new random meeting ID for each meeting. Use a meeting password. And if you feel the need, you can enable the waiting room, so you can screen people as they join. You can also lock your meeting, disable screen sharing, and disable chat.

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