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From:       Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp () protonmail ! ch>
Date:       2021-10-27 9:04:30
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On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 01:38, <harryweaver@tutanota.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't trust Zoom any further than I'd trust Skype.

Whilst there are certainly arguments for not trusting Zoom, I think perhaps we need \
to take a step back here.

The reality is that whilst die-hard graybeard open-sourcers take an attitude that "if \
its not open source it doesn't exist" we have to understand what a service like Zoom \
(other similarly large commercial video conferencing platforms are available) bring \
to the table.

In particular they bring two aspects:

1) User familiarity.

Let's face it, one thing COVID has done is exposed the entire world to the joys (and \
frustrations) of web conferencing. The honest truth is that most people will have \
been exposed multiple times to Zoom (and Teams, WebEx and other commercial platorms), \
they'll already have the software on their devices and become comfortable with its \
use.

2) Dealing with geographic dispersion.

The problem with small-scale (or DIY) conferencing is that you do not have the \
worldwide presence. This means you cannot deliver a CDN style experience to your \
delegates where they connect to low-latency to an in-country/in-region datacentre and \
instead they have to connect accross the world to your server.

3) Zoom specific

If you have a paid Zoom account, there are various knobs and dials you can tweak in \
order to help with some of the concerns generally thrown in the direction of Zoom \
(e.g "no China datacentres", E2E encryption etc.).  Not saying its perfect, but \
better than nothing.


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