Zoom app. Safe to use?
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- 3StarLounger
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Zoom app. Safe to use?
Brand new to Win 11. I downloaded Zoom but in App page it was recommended to delete it. Is this current info, do I download it again? Thank you.
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Re: Zoom app. Safe to use?
Zoom is safe to use for everyday purposes. I wouldn't use it to discuss the nuclear codes or something like that, but that goes for all such applications.
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Hans
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- 3StarLounger
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Re: Zoom app. Safe to use?
Thank you, Hans. I asked because it was Windows 11 that had that 'recommendation'
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Re: Zoom app. Safe to use?
I don't know, but perhaps Microsoft would prefer you to use their own video conferencing app Teams...
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Re: Zoom app. Safe to use?
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For the last two years of my working life I 'lived' in MS Teams. It worked well for me and the rest of our team but it was fully managed by our corporate IT people.
At home, I have tried to use the free version of MS Teams but without much success. I could send Chat messages to people using MS Teams but we couldn't do video calls. In contrast, I can use Skype to reach the same people on MS Teams and do video calls without problem.
As for Zoom, I used that to video call my 89 year old mother when I couldn't visit her because the care home she was in COVID locked down. I used Zoom because having set up a meeting, Mum received a link in an email and one click on that and everything just worked, i.e. painlessly simple for an 89 year old to use.
Ken
For the last two years of my working life I 'lived' in MS Teams. It worked well for me and the rest of our team but it was fully managed by our corporate IT people.
At home, I have tried to use the free version of MS Teams but without much success. I could send Chat messages to people using MS Teams but we couldn't do video calls. In contrast, I can use Skype to reach the same people on MS Teams and do video calls without problem.
As for Zoom, I used that to video call my 89 year old mother when I couldn't visit her because the care home she was in COVID locked down. I used Zoom because having set up a meeting, Mum received a link in an email and one click on that and everything just worked, i.e. painlessly simple for an 89 year old to use.
Ken