Zoom Escaper: self-sabotage audio, making your presence unbearable to others

Re:Zoom Escaper: self-sabotage audio, making your presence u... by GekkePrutser on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:11PM (#26472514)

Zoom 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.

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Re:Zoom Escaper: self-sabotage audio, making your presence u... by Thorrez on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:20AM (#26473314)

>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.

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Re:Zoom Escaper: self-sabotage audio, making your presence u... by Haemm0r on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:48AM (#26473452)

For extra protection cover your webcam :) That should work.

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