On 3/30/20 6:48 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 10:50 PM Glen Strom via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

If you're considering using Zoom, you need to be aware of a growing
problem with it--Zoombombing.

Troublemakers break into a session and disrupt it with porn, obscene
talk, and whatever else comes to their tiny, diseased minds.

You'd have to be sure you have it all locked down.

Here's a reference article in the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/style/zoombombing-zoom-trolling.html

Reading the article requires a subscription. Oh well I can likely live without.

You can read a limited number of articles per month.
But Glen's description pretty well covers the article so your not missing much.

here are some observations on my limited interaction with video conferencing.

Webex: I have had lots of luck with Webex ... all bad. I got to the point where I would refuse to join a webex on anything other than a telephone.

Google Hangouts: They worked reasonably well but of late I cannot get audio to work properly on any of my linux systems. My major client has moved to ring-central because of a 50 participant limit on Hangouts.

Microsoft Teams Meeting: It seems to work reasonably well for small numbers. I have not been part of a large conference so I am not sure how well it scales.

Since we are an open-source(ish) community I would suggest that we try and find an open-source solution.

It may be worth picking a couple of possible solutions and then try running meetings with each one and rate the quality.

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