Put a piece of tape or a part of a post-it note over your laptop camera. Just do it. Everyone should do this. Unfortunately there's no easy fix like that for the microphone.

Kim

On 2020/04/4 2:59 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
Hi All,

just to elaborate - because my laptop was closed with an external monitor no picture was recorded or transmitted.

A warning - video conferencing isĀ  real issue with accidentally leaving microphones and cameras on. I was just checking out the software - didn't expect to end up in a chat!

It turned out we were both there because of interest in open source software and video...http://ramin.com.au/linux/

Same would apply to facetime, skype and zoom.

Roger, I would love to hear your thoughts on privacy in this new world of videos links by whatever means works.


M

On 4/4/20 12:57 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
Following up on Glen's recommendation of open source Jitsi, I came across *https://meet.jit.si/*

*Entering "Chat" I had a brief conversation with someone in Scotland... luckily had my laptop closed at the time.*

*M
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