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I have a similar story but the opposite end of things. I was listening in to a large meeting (>200 people) and the presenter decided to UN-mute everybody's micr
by Jaygles 6y ago
I have a similar story but the opposite end of things. I was listening in to a large meeting (>200 people) and the presenter decided to UN-mute everybody's microphones. I still can't believe I didn't hear any explicit or unprofessional things that day. That really was a dangerous move.
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoChrist, what software lets you do that? It can be annoying that Teams lets you mute but not unmute people, but thank god it doesn't.
- Jaygles 6y agoIt was Zoom. Apparently once you allow a host to unmute you remotely, they are able to do so until you revoke the permission. I don't remember allowing that, although its possible I did and forgot about it.
- r9 6y agoFrom my experience, if you are unmuted, and the host mutes you, they can unmute you again. If you mute yourself, the host is unable to unmute you.
- Thorrez 6y agoHuh, once I believe someone muted me then tried to unmute me and I got a popup saying the host wants me to unmute. I'm pretty sure I didn't mute myself; I was in the middle of talking, and my hands weren't even on my mouse or keyboard. There was someone else making background noise, so I believe the host tried to mute that person, accidentally muted me, then tried to unmute me causing me to get the popup.
- r9 6y agoIf you have muted yourself, the host has a button that says "ask to unmute".
- spoonjim 6y agoHuh. Can you take over a host’s mute for a personal mute? Ie. Host mutes me. Some time goes by and I decide to watch YouTube. How do I take a personal mute so that i can’t be unmuted?
- r9 6y agoQuickly unmute, then mute again.
- TylerE 6y agoThis is why you use a microphone with a physical mute button.
- bosse 6y agoWebex lets you configure meeting options to allow the host to unmute anyone. I’ve never tried it myself as the mere concept of doing so is a huge invasion of privacy, but after learning that any meeting could have this option enabled, I no longer assume that my muted mic will stay that way.
- RHSeeger 6y agoWow. It never occurred to me that such a thing was even possible. Glad I dial in with my phone and use it's mute instead.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoZoom also allows the camera forced to on when joining. A colleague once dialed in from her bed.. Fair enough to her it was 9pm in India. For this reason I always keep my laptop Mike volume to 0, and use the mute button on my headset which is not computer controlled. And an external webcam which I can plug in when I want to.
- Thorrez 6y ago>Zoom also allows the camera forced to on when joining. In Zoom on Windows I go to Settings > Video > check Turn off video when joining meeting I'm pretty sure that will stop anyone from forcing my camera on. But I think that setting defaults to unchecked, meaning by default Zoom automatically shows your video. For extra protection: Settings > Audio > uncheck Automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting Settings > Audio > check Mute my microphone when joining a meeting Settings > Audio > uncheck Press and hold SPACE key to temporarily unmute yourself. I also generally join a bogus empty meeting before any real meeting to preview and ensure my microphone, webcam, virtual background, filters, and studio effects are all the way I want them and not something silly from some playful meeting yesterday.
- Haemm0r 6y agoFor extra protection cover your webcam :) That should work.