Messenger Rooms and More Ways to Connect When You’re Apart

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Post by cloakedarbiter » Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 8:34 PM UTC

Messenger Rooms and More Ways to Connect When You’re Apart
about.fb.com

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#2

Post by untog » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 1:34 AM UTC

> invite anyone to join your video call, even if they don’t have a Facebook account

Aww, they’re finally getting it. But too late, I assume they’re going to use some kind of cookie/IP matching to determine any and all Facebook accounts of someone that joins one of these rooms.

It’s really annoying, the Facebook Portal device looks genuinely great and something I’d love to use, especially in this quarantine. But I just don’t trust Facebook.

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#3

Post by crakenzak » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 1:49 AM UTC

Finally some reputable competition for Zoom. Will definitely be using these to host my weekly book club discussion meetings once it launches.

If only it was end to end encrypted...

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#4

Post by igetspam » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 1:53 AM UTC

Warning: Facebook

(Had it said that in the title of the post, I'd have skipped this story.)

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#5

Post by balladeer » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 1:58 AM UTC

igetspam wrote: post #4

Warning: Facebook (Had it said that in the title of the post, I'd have skipped this story.)

HN does show base url fb.com in the title.

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Post by ruffrey » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 2:23 AM UTC

The privacy and security infographic doesn’t address what Facebook does with the video.

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Post by 908087 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 2:29 AM UTC

crakenzak wrote: post #3

Finally some reputable competition for Zoom. Will definitely be using these to host my weekly book club discussion meetings once it launches. If only it was end to end encrypted...

I'd disagree with the reputable part.

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Post by 908087 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 2:32 AM UTC

I trust them almost as much as I trust Zoom. Be careful not to wear a shirt that allows the shape of your nipple to show through if you're female. Zuckerberg gets upset about that.

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#9

Post by avs733 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 2:34 AM UTC

crakenzak wrote: post #3

Finally some reputable competition for Zoom. Will definitely be using these to host my weekly book club discussion meetings once it launches. If only it was end to end encrypted...

BlueJeans has an end to end encryption...and if your concern is end to end encryption, on what planet are you interested in a facebook product?

Or is this Poe's law and I'm tired.

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Post by hatenberg » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 5:16 AM UTC

avs733 wrote: post #9

crakenzak wrote: post #3

Finally some reputable competition for Zoom. Will definitely be using these to host my weekly book club discussion meetings once it launches. If only it was end to end encrypted...

BlueJeans has an end to end encryption...and if your concern is end to end encryption, on what planet are you interested in a facebook product? Or is this Poe's law and I'm tired.

Because WhatsApp is not end to end encrypted. /s