<div dir="auto">This is extremely useful & timely. Thanks for sharing</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, 08:55 Beryl Aidi via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks Grace<div>So useful and just in time too as more groups are using it for other meetings besides besides work-related ones.</div><div>Best<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 28 Mar 2020, at 4:05 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:"Neue Haas Grotesk Text","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:1.25rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Listers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In the wake of covid 19, many
organizations had to ask workers to operate from home. And to keep tabs on work
being performed by employees from home, many organizations have embraced </span>zoom
meetings. In fact, Zoom has become so popular in the last two weeks. But are
you aware that the default settings of the service are configured in the
expectation of trust between participants? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This means that trolls </span>can
wreak havoc. Some zoombombers have used the screen sharing feature
to broadcast pornography and violent imagery. Further, security experts have
noted the file transfer feature that is switched on by default could be used to
spread malware. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">More info: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/27/trolls-zoom-privacy-settings-covid-19-lockdown" style="color:blue" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/27/trolls-zoom-privacy-settings-covid-19-lockdown</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">And in a related article
"<i>Zoom's privacy policy isn't
explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all</i>", it is reported
that the Zoom app <u>notifies Facebook</u> when the user opens the app, details
on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are
connecting from. In addition, which phone carrier they are using, <u>and a
unique advertiser identifier created</u> by the user's device. This can be used
by companies to target a user with advertisements. Read more:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account" style="color:blue" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For those hosting large,
public group meetings, it is recommended that hosts change their settings so
that only the host can share their screen. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">Rgds</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">GG</span></p></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:"Neue Haas Grotesk Text","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:1.25rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></h2></div>
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