Your guide to instantly looking better over video chat and not getting Zoombombed
By Nicole Nguyen April 2, 2020 5:30 am ET During the coronavirus crisis, those of us who can work from home are video chatting, a lot. We’ve covered the WFH tech tips you need, along with the joys and exhaustion of our new screen-based reality. Now let’s talk about how to video chat. If you’ve got questions, I’ve got answers.
Elevate your laptop. Chin down is not a good look. Prop up your laptop on books or a cookbook stand. Drink wine? Use two corks to lift the back corners of your computer.Take full advantage of AR filters. Snap Camera is a desktop application for Mac and PC that brings Snapchat’s lenses to any video-chat application.
What is Zoombombing and how do I stop it? Reports of video-chat crashers, or “Zoombombers,” are on the rise. On March 30, the FBI issued a warning for video-teleconferencing hijacking, where intruders disrupt Zoom chats with expletives and pornographic images. Once the meeting has started and everybody you invited is in, you can lock the room from the More menu. For big groups, use the same menu to mute everyone as they enter, and don’t allow participants to unmute themselves. You can also hover over participants’ names to remove them.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS What are ways you’ve improved your video-chat meetings and happy hours? Join the conversation below. What’s up with the 40-minute limit for free basic accounts? If you are not paying for Zoom, calls with more than two participants are limited to 40 minutes. But some people are seeing this message: “Running out of time? Here’s a gift from Zoom. We have removed the 40-min time limit on your next group meeting."
In a statement, the Zoom spokeswoman said the company “does not mine user data or sell user data of any kind to anyone.” Zoom collects data such as a user’s IP address and device details, which, she said, is used to optimize the service for different settings and hardware. Do you need a Google account? You need a Google account to video chat on Hangouts and Duo. If you host a Hangouts Meet, however, you can invite anyone, even if they’re outside of your organization and don’t have a Google account. Just send them the link.
As for the others, there are all the services built into social media platforms, like Snapchat and Facebook’s Messenger and Instagram , which offer fun augmented-reality filters. Plus, there’s Apple’s AAPL -0.98% FaceTime, which is built into Mac and iOS devices.
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