buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
So is #Zoom requiring you to use their app to join calls now? For the first time today, didn't get the option to join via a browser when trying to join a call. If so, how lame.
2/ Call links: In 2024 #Signal introduced the possibility to invite people to group calls via a simple link. No need for participants to be in a joint Signal group first or be even otherwise connected on Signal. Links a temporary, can be named, and there are raise-hands and other #videoconferencing features. With the exception of breakout rooms, Signal has become a real #Zoom #Jitsi replacement :)
Signal increases limit for audio and video calls to 75 participants 📞 📹
The increase makes Signal even better suited as a secure alternative to #Zoom and #Teams.
👉 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-raises-limit-for-audio-and-video-calls-to-75-participants/
EU STATES LEAVE #ZOOM AND #TEAMS TO DISTANCE U.S.: Last week, #Paris announced that 2.5 million public sector employees will stop using #American video conferencing tools by 2027, AP reported. https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
Goede ontwikkeling. "Nederlandse overheid test Frans alternatief voor Teams, Zoom en Webex"
Via @Tweakers ,
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/244300/nederlandse-overheid-test-frans-alternatief-voor-teams-zoom-en-webex.html
#ICT #zoom #webex #visio #frankrijk #videoconferencing
Frankreich macht seine Behoerden unabhaengiger von #Microsoft und #Zoom
Jetzt bitte auch in #Deutschland @bsi
This is from yesterday. Guests included "70 VIP guests, including Queen Rania of Jordan; Zoom CEO Eric Yuan; Apple CEO Tim Cook; New York Stock Exchange CEO Lynn Martin; AMD CEO Lisa Su; Mike Tyson; socialite and Fiat heiress Azzi Agnelli; self-help guru Tony Robbins; fashion designer Adam Lippes; and photographer Ellen von Unwerth, who shot the poster for the film."
Hollywood Reporter: Inside the White House Screening for Amazon’s ‘Melania’ Doc (Exclusive Photos) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/inside-white-house-screening-amazon-melania-1236484545/ @hollywoodreporter #Amazon #Zoom #Apple #AMD
#Zoom fixed critical Node Multimedia Routers flaw
https://securityaffairs.com/187165/security/zoom-fixed-critical-node-multimedia-routers-flaw.html
#securityaffairs #hacking
Zoom and GitLab Release Security Updates Fixing RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Flaws
#Zoom #CVE_2026_22844
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/zoom-and-gitlab-release-security.html
Liebes #Fediverse,
Zum ersten #DiDay 2026 möchte ich zum Austausch über offene #Videokonferenz-Tools einladen!
🗓️ 04.01.2026
🕔 17:00–18:00 MESZ
📍https://meet.opentalk.eu/room/e05f049b-8da3-4344-b188-84eff773fa11?invite=4dcdd767-9047-49ce-bc21-a638a6d1fe25
Ich stelle einen #OpenTalk-Raum zur Verfügung und möchte damit gleichzeitig einen Stresstest machen (bis zu 200 Teilnehmer:innen gehen rein, daher teilt und boostet, so viel ihr könnt)! Ihr braucht nur einen Browser – und Zeit.
soo… spaah… *gähn*… -nend!
I noticed it because I was in a Zoom meeting that ended before I had a chance to read all the messages in the chat. I remembered being able to read these in the Zoom app (sometimes, but not always?). So, I tried opening the Zoom app. I clicked on the "Docs" tab in the Zoom app not knowing what it was and thinking I could find the chat messages there. I immediately received an email from Zoom advertising the new feature and gushing about its AI slop potential. It was fully enabled by default and very easy to accidentally trigger, as these unwanted features tend to be.
As it happens, I never did find the chat messages. So, the one feature I would have wanted Zoom to add/fix--allowing one to read chat messages after the host hangs up--still seems to be missing or broken. In the meantime they're wasting resources on features I will always disable, cripple, or block.