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I doubt non-technical users are savvy enough to find out about this problem and they probably won't remember to blame you for something clearly beyond your cont

I doubt non-technical users are savvy enough to find out about this problem and they probably won't remember to blame you for something clearly beyond your control. I know it's the kind of thing that can randomly keep a person up at night, but I think you can probably safely forget about this awkwardness and move on.

cutemonster 7y ago
Especially since so many tech people were taken by surprise by this -- thousands of upvotes for all Zoom topics together now
stevenicr 7y ago
Thing is - this story is all over the mainstream news. It's got multiple stories on the yahoo front page, it's reported via multiple sources in my fbook feed, but also with our regular tv news station. People are seeing this about zoom that have never seen zoom. People that I suggested use zoom are going to notice the word even if they would normally scroll past some gomeeting story.
- hunter2_ 7y ago
  If they read tech news this week, but not if they happen to skip it until next week.
  - stevenicr 7y ago
    It's not just people reading tech news. People in Tennessee watching regular news on free over the air antenna (non-cable news) -> https://www.wsmv.com/news/security-experts-warn-about-zoom-hackers/article_fe0dff3c-7466-11ea-9753-2b7cb3d0dbab.html https://www.wsmv.com/news/security-experts-warn-about-zoom-h... any anyone who is within earshot of such 'non-tech news' is hearing how unsecure zoom is. Sure most of my clients are unlikely to read HN at all, and most are unlikely to read tech crunch regularly if at all - but I bet some have TC or something similar in their fbook feed. People watching TV news in Utah see: https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/zoom-call-with-utah-elementary-students-hacked-with-pornography https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/zoom-call-with-utah-elem... However people who don't even own computers are seeing this debacle. So, anyone I've advised to use zoom for privacy and security, citing the encryption and use by US gov - is going to have to wonder - how do these things happen on a secure, private, encrypted system - must not be what it was purported to be by that guy Steve. Then they are going to wonder what kind of damage could be done with the info that was 'securely' shared with the service.

cutemonster 7y ago

Especially since so many tech people were taken by surprise by this -- thousands of upvotes for all Zoom topics together now

stevenicr 7y ago

Thing is - this story is all over the mainstream news. It's got multiple stories on the yahoo front page, it's reported via multiple sources in my fbook feed, but also with our regular tv news station. People are seeing this about zoom that have never seen zoom. People that I suggested use zoom are going to notice the word even if they would normally scroll past some gomeeting story.

hunter2_ 7y ago
If they read tech news this week, but not if they happen to skip it until next week.
- stevenicr 7y ago
  It's not just people reading tech news. People in Tennessee watching regular news on free over the air antenna (non-cable news) -> https://www.wsmv.com/news/security-experts-warn-about-zoom-hackers/article_fe0dff3c-7466-11ea-9753-2b7cb3d0dbab.html https://www.wsmv.com/news/security-experts-warn-about-zoom-h... any anyone who is within earshot of such 'non-tech news' is hearing how unsecure zoom is. Sure most of my clients are unlikely to read HN at all, and most are unlikely to read tech crunch regularly if at all - but I bet some have TC or something similar in their fbook feed. People watching TV news in Utah see: https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/zoom-call-with-utah-elementary-students-hacked-with-pornography https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/zoom-call-with-utah-elem... However people who don't even own computers are seeing this debacle. So, anyone I've advised to use zoom for privacy and security, citing the encryption and use by US gov - is going to have to wonder - how do these things happen on a secure, private, encrypted system - must not be what it was purported to be by that guy Steve. Then they are going to wonder what kind of damage could be done with the info that was 'securely' shared with the service.