On 2020-04-02 08:39, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > given zoom's recent very, very, very bad press: > > https://techbeacon.com/node/3805 > > what alternatives are people here using? here's one article that > proposes some alternatives: > > https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21202945/zoom-alternative-conference-video-free-app-skype-slack-hangouts-jitsi I'll have a look at these two links... I've had exactly the same concerns. When trying to set up zoom a number of days ago, I was pretty surprised when I first got redirected from zoom.us to zoom.com.cn. Then it pushed me to install their app rather than let me use my browser. The next day, even though I had managed to connect the night before, it would not let me in until I fed it an SMS account number, but I have no cell phone. Mike Gifford shared this link with me that confirmed my concerns and also suggested viable alternatives: https://metaviews.substack.com/p/future-tools-jitsi?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDEwNDg0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDU2NDIsIl8iOiJ4MmwyOCIsImlhdCI6MTU4NTc3NTI4NCwiZXhwIjoxNTg1Nzc4ODg0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTY4ODIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.g3Q-oeKzMoSOvJvMDQYMUkDPzDojEqLVKpDo5sKe6ac > just curious if anyone has personal experience with any of the > lesser-known alternatives? Mike did set up a jit.si session for us, but the others in the call were more enticed by the shinyness of zoom and all left the call. I would have preferred to have stayed on the jit.si call. Rob, thank you for starting this thread! > rday slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org