If you are unable to use Zoom on your computer or on your network, you can install the Zoom app on your phone, and even use mobile cellular data if you must. And if you don't want to use your data, I believe there is a way to phone in, though I have not done this before.
-Kurt Rowland K6URT On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 9:03 PM Gokhan KORALTURK via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > As someone with professional cybersecurity background I can confidently > say Skype is ome of the worst options in this regard. Zoom is actually much > better then skype. However, yo do bot need either of them for your system > to be hacked and consumer level antivirus products can only help you so > far. If you are concerned about your security I'd highly suggest a > dedicated firewall system, either a good open source one or a professional > one. The firewall you may have in your modem/router/wireless access point > combo will not be enough either. Personally I've a three layer setup which > blocks ads partially (I do not block harmless ads as much as possible as I > recognise that is how most of the internet survives) blocks trackers almost > completely, and blocks almost all everyday threats. But even with this, > there is no end in how much further you can go as the fight between finding > security holes and creating patches and protections against them will not > likely to end anytime soon. However at one point you kist ask yourself, are > you that valuable to anyone? Even I admit my 3 layer firewall is way > overboard and mostly just so that I can show it off to other cyber security > freaks like me. :) > > My advise for most consumers is this, keep an updated protection software, > free Microsoft defender would do just fine (or many of the other free or > pro softwares), keep your operating systems up to date, do not let upnp on > your router, do not open any ports in your network from your router unless > you know exactly what you are doing and most importantly, do not download > and execute anything that you're not 100% sure is safe. For average users > this will stop almost all attacks that can be done via common methods. You > have no protection against zero day attacks most of the time and you are > not that valuable as a target for more advanced tech based attacks. Not > when they can get to easier pray with just a few email blasts. Well, unless > you are a known high visibility person with something very valuable to be > stolen easily. > > So, in short zoom is not your enemy. If you're using a personal pc with > mac os or windows, they already are tracking you much more than you think. > I'd not worry about simple softwares like zoom, teams, skype etc. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 20:44 Howard Bingham via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > >> ZOOM doesn't work for me, Security Software (BOTH NORTON Lifelock 360 and >> Trend Micro) BLOCK ZOOM installation. SKYPE would be better option. >> >> >> D. Howard Bingham >> >> ke5apj >> >> >> -- >> On 2/28/2023 4:12 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: >> >> All, >> >> If you plan to attend the Hamfest planning session via Zoom on Thursday, >> you may want to launch Zoom beforehand. There are recent updates that take >> a minute or two to download/install. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jeff Greer, W5JEF >> BVARC Corresponding Secretary >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing >> listBVARC@bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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