Trolls break into meetings on Zoom • Hacker News Board

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by api » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:14 AM UTC

syockit wrote: post #80

tqi wrote: post #36

It feels like the tech news cycle is so predictable... Stage 1: This company you probably hadn't heard of before is blowing up / changing the world! Stage 2 (current stage): Actually it turns out this company has some unexpected problems! Stage 3: Actually this company is actively contributing to society's One Big Problem! Stage 4: Actually here is why Zoom actually isn't as bad as everyone thinks! Stage 5: This OTHE…

I am out of the loop as to why Zoom is suddenly "blowing up". Even my workplace is using it now. Previously, we were using either Skype, Webex, or Jitsi. What does Zoom offer that the other three doesn't?

It works, the quality is decent, and it doesn't max out 4-8 cores for a simple video call.

The others don't work, are Microsoft UI dumpster fires (Skype), or consume vast amounts of CPU (anything WebRTC for some reason).

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by zdw » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #88

Ah, that is problematic. I saw a documentary on Netflix about the British IT crowd. They were not an impressive bunch.

I saw that ludicrous display last night.

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by Traster » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC

callamdelaney wrote: post #83

bilbo0s wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would his security people allow him to do that? Or do these guys just post this kind of stuff without even running it by their security folks? To me, this sounds like a security 101 type issue.

Every UK MP has his or her address listed publicly. In fact, this is a requirement to stand at election even at the town council level.

Yes, and every MP has a public email address that is staffed by slaves/interns/SpAds, they also have personal private emails that have much more sensitiive political information in them.

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by rabuse » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:17 AM UTC

matz1 wrote: post #79

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I should have phrased that differently. I know it's largely parts of the 4chan crowd. But who are those boards? Why are the people who go there so nuts? Do you ever wonder if you've unknowingly met these people in real life? Chances are we all have, right? How do they manage to be so terrible and then go on with their lives?

Is it really surprising ? Not everyone wired the same. For some people they think its fun. Its just human.

It's crazy to me that people seem dumbfounded that young people love to piss off and troll (online and offline). Do they not remember being young, or were they raised around angels?

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by jpdus » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:23 AM UTC

buboard wrote: post #56

afandian wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes and (in my experience) it displays it at the top of the screen!

no, but it gives the host the link to share WITH the password, so people sharing the link also share the password (encoded)

This is an optional setting.

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by blahedo » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:26 AM UTC

bambataa wrote: post #45

verytrivial wrote: post #17

https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1244985949534... Yes, shared by the Prime Minister, number and all. What a time to be alive.

More importantly, why does Liz Truss have a flagpole in her house?

Possibly a Zoom background?

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by blahedo » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:32 AM UTC

verytrivial wrote: post #17

https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1244985949534... Yes, shared by the Prime Minister, number and all. What a time to be alive.

Also interesting about that photo: Five of the 25 have portrait-oriented video feeds. Tbh this may make more sense for this kind of thing (shows more of the person rather than more of the space they're in) but I'm thinking about the hardware—am I correct in inferring that those five are zooming from their mobile? Do high-level UK cabinet ministers not have laptops?

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by boomer_joe » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:32 AM UTC

gnulinux wrote: post #96

boomer_joe wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yikes. Looks like a pretty misogynistic place.

4chan is a huge website with a lot of different communities like reddit.

Ughh, you sure sound like someone who knows a lot about the place.

Yikes.

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by FPGAhacker » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:39 AM UTC

chaps wrote: post #99

Traster wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well at the very least it presents a soft target for hacking into his personal email adddress (it's gmail not govenrment) and secondly, compromising it literally gives you access to dial into cabinet meetings.

Read my edit. Email addresses can be received through public records requests routinely. It's a public record!

Posting something like that on Twitter is like a dare.

Re: Trolls break into meetings on Zoom

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Post by sc11 » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 12:42 AM UTC

blahedo wrote: post #107

verytrivial wrote: post #17

https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1244985949534... Yes, shared by the Prime Minister, number and all. What a time to be alive.

Also interesting about that photo: Five of the 25 have portrait-oriented video feeds. Tbh this may make more sense for this kind of thing (shows more of the person rather than more of the space they're in) but I'm thinking about the hardware—am I correct in inferring that those five are zooming from their mobile? Do high-level UK cabinet ministers not have laptops?

I'm speculating, but they might find it more convenient to use a separate device for the video chat? Especially if you're using your laptop a lot during the video call, it's quite convenient to have the chat open elsewhere.