Lawrence Abrams has a guide to securing your Zoom meetings from those who would disrupt it. He also provides a quick overview as to the privacy concerns if you were not already aware of them. If you are using Zoom for work while you work from home, I encourage you to read his free article…
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Zooming OUT of being monitored
Now that so many people are working from home, they are using conferencing platforms like Zoom. There’s been some talk about Zoom actually collecting what seems an invasive amount of information about people while they are connected to Zoom. EFF recently noted about Zoom: The host of a Zoom call has the capacity to monitor the…
Online hate, unsolicited advice, breach of privacy and more – Delhi’s first Coronavirus patient recounts his ordeal
Another concerning report: A 45-year-old businessman who manufactures technical textiles for footwear became the subject of hate messages and unsolicited advice after he tested positive for the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus (Covid-19), on March 1, reported News 18. Personal information such as his phone number was also leaked online. Read more on OpIndia.
Study ranks the privacy of major browsers. Here are the findings
Dan Goodin reports: Microsoft Edge received the lowest privacy rating in a recently published study that compared the user information collected by major browsers. Yandex, the less-popular browser developed by the Russian Web search provider Yandex, shared that dubious distinction. Brave, the upstart browser that makes privacy a priority, ranked the highest. The rankings were…