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'<b>The phone slipped into the bath': Conference call tales</b></font><br>
By Katie Prescott<br>
Business correspondent<br>
<b>BBC</b><br>
31 March 2020<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52032849">https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52032849</a><br>
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"I was on a call last week and a colleague's half-naked boyfriend
walked behind her," recalls communications consultant Jason Nisse.<br>
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His experience illustrates the pitfalls of videoconferencing, a
technology that thousands of workers are getting used to as they
attempt to work from home.<br>
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Some people really need help.<br>
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In one (genuine) email doing the rounds, a financial services
worker is told: "Your screen is visible and we can all see you
watching porn in between enquiries."<br>
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Teleconferencing apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet
are reporting dramatic user increases.<br>
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For many of us, this means getting to grips with a whole new way
of working.<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Gravitas: Video-calling app 'ZOOM' admits to
routing calls via China </b></font><br>
<b>WION</b><br>
Published on Apr 6, 2020<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avg5HRLwkHo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avg5HRLwkHo</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Move Fast and Roll Your Own Crypto</b></font><br>
<i>A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings</i><br>
By Bill Marczak and John Scott-Railton <br>
April 3, 2020<br>
<b>The Citizen Lab</b><br>
<b>University of Toronto</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/">https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b>FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online
Classroom Hijacking During COVID-19 Pandemic</b></font><br>
March 30, 2020<br>
<b>FBI Boston</b><br>
Kristen Setera<br>
(857) 386-2905<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-during-covid-19-pandemic">https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-during-covid-19-pandemic</a><br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<font color="#b3b3b3"><i>Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.<br>
Principal Technologist &<br>
</i><i>Distinguished Senior Research Scholar</i><i><br>
</i><i>Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)</i><i><br>
</i><i>University of Hawai'i</i></font></div>
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