"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/27/2020 at 23:40 • Filed to: we are all commodities in the new economy
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/27/2020 at 23:40 • Filed to: we are all commodities in the new economy | 1
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We are using Zoom a lot though our University-hosted site for basically all our meetings during the lockdown, like about a zillion other people.
I came across !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! yesterday. It reminds me that it’s not so simple a thing to keep your personal data out of the hands of the data miners. “St ay safe” is the new mantra in our society, but keeping your information safe is more complicated than washing your hands, isn’t it?
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GLiddy
> Chariotoflove
03/27/2020 at 23:51 |
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As they say: If you aren’t paying for it , you’re not the customer, you’re the product being sold.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> GLiddy
03/27/2020 at 23:53 |
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This. Fuck zoom and really fuck facebook
ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
03/27/2020 at 23:53 |
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I just sent a similar article to my wife, who works for a Major University™ in Texas. They are using the hell out of Zoom, and our school district will likely be using it as well.
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ttyymmnn
> GLiddy
03/27/2020 at 23:54 |
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Kinja?
Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 00:00 |
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It sounds like this is a common problem with apps that use Facebook’s library for logging in.
I’m no fan of Zoom’s past bad practices but they’re not entirely to blame.
Here’s their response: https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/27/zoom-use-of-facebook-sdk-in-ios-client/
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 00:02 |
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Also, apparently Zoom bombing is a thing - random people can (in the right circumstances) join your meeting and start sharing porn or hate crime stuff.
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Chariotoflove
> GLiddy
03/28/2020 at 00:16 |
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True fact.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
03/28/2020 at 00:17 |
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And we pretty much have no choice.
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Chariotoflove
> Just Jeepin'
03/28/2020 at 00:20 |
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It sure is. But that article is good to read. At least they have the grace to realize this is not the greatest thing.
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Chariotoflove
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/28/2020 at 00:21 |
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Really? I had no idea that was possible. If it ever happens to one of us, it will immediately cease to be a tool that I will use for classes, no matter what they say afterward.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 00:32 |
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Kind of O/T, but I thought you might appreciate this TX Monthly article.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-pandemic/
ClassicDatsunDebate
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/28/2020 at 00:37 |
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God I wish. My meetings are soooo boring.
Future Heap Owner
> Just Jeepin'
03/28/2020 at 01:03 |
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Zoom has some panopticon-ish features, like reporting who doesn’t have the window focused for a long period of time
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 01:11 |
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
03/28/2020 at 01:21 |
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Neat . I mean, it reads mostly like a pat on the back for a Texas business, but still, it’s cool to see businesses pivot and deal with change like that.
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Chariotoflove
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/28/2020 at 01:23 |
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Ugh. People really suck sometimes.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 01:45 |
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It’s just nice to see people actually prepared for something like this. The US gov’t had a plan they put together in 2016 for this and Trump ignored it.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
03/28/2020 at 02:13 |
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I wouldn’t be lulled into thinking this was a Trump specific problem and if we got rid of him this wouldn’t happen. The truth is that our government’s history is littered with reports and studies started by one administration and forgotten by the next. It’ll probably happen again.
Good on HEB though for realizing that their supply chain isn’t always a sure thing and moves with works events.
Tripper
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 04:17 |
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In a recent update, passwords are set for all new meetings by default. I suspect this is why. Never happened to us either and we have been heavy users for years we do all of our meetings without passwords
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 06:18 |
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Turn the waiting room settings on. Ez.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 09:55 |
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I saw an article about it too. My kids’ schools aren’t using it. We don’t use it for work either. Our options are paid, so security is pretty tight as far as I know.
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Chariotoflove
> Tripper
03/28/2020 at 14:00 |
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I was reading that. We’ll be Zoom proctoring another test Monday, and we’ll see how it changes.
I suspect our kinds of meetings are low enough profile that they fall under the radar of the sophomoric miscreants. That may change with this environment though.
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Chariotoflove
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/28/2020 at 14:09 |
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Can you tell me details of what you and the school use? I’m interested in options.
Also, and this is for immediate use, I would like to find another internet polling option to give my quiz Tuesday. Setting up an ExamSoft test with password seems excessive for a 5 minute quiz, but I want something with a record of the answers so I can award the points. Zoom has a polling feature that can do it, but I’ m not sure it’s the best option, partly because it would be pretty easy to cheat. If you know of anything worth looking into, we can email about it.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Chariotoflove
03/28/2020 at 15:57 |
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Our company uses WebEx, Bridgit, and Cisco Jabber. Jabber is a full instant messenger and telephony suite. WebEx supports scheduling, user notification, and with the right tier, will call all the users instead of requiring a call-in number. Bridgit is the simplest solution we use. It’s primarily a method for sharing desktops, but if you have a separate call-in number, it can be shared through the Bridgit interface.
My daughter has only one class which requires a live conference call. They are using Skype. My son has two classes which have a weekly call. Unfortunately, he made a liar out of me and when he told me they are using Zoom. I would have sworn they were using something else.
As for surveys, the only thing I’ve used online would be SurveyMonkey. It’s free and it works well enough.
If you want to try out any of the conferencing options, shoot me an e-mail and I’ll set up a few calls for you to try out the interfaces.
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Chariotoflove
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/28/2020 at 19:35 |
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Thanks, I’ll think through the options!
My daughter’s school has started using Zoom for daily meetings and this app called SeeSaw for making and handing in assignments. The teachers had a short couple of days after spring break for training on remote education techniques, and then began engaging the students with a vengeance. The science teacher has become a little too enthusiastic, coming up with assignment ideas at all hours and deciding to make them our the next day. He needed to be reined in a little.
Get this though, they tried to tell the kids that they will be required to wear their school uniforms during the school Zoom meetings. No freakin way that’s gonna fly. Heh heh.