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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by Kwpolska on Saturday August 13, 2022 @07:22AM (#32448807)
> Teams will remain a complete joke to me as long as I am forced to play the “try to map initials to names” game in order to figure out who is talking. I don’t know my coworkers by their initials, Microsoft. I don’t know why you can’t just show me actual names.

I’d say the expectation is that everyone sets their actual photo as their profile picture, that would probably solve your problem.

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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by beAbU on Saturday August 13, 2022 @07:33AM (#32448888)
Most of my teams meeting take place on client organizations, where I'm a guest of the directory, or just invited to the call. I never see profile pictures, and I cant find a place to edit mine.

I'm almost willing to pay good money to someone who can explain how MS' user management works wrt belonging to multiple accounts/orgs/acive directories.

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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by AvocadoPanic on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:21AM (#32450153)
Only if you already know what they look like.
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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by replygirl on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:43AM (#32450372)
software can't solve for you not knowing your peers
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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by hamburglar on Saturday August 13, 2022 @12:45PM (#32451537)
I’m not asking it to help me know them. I’m asking it to use an identifier I recognize. On earth, we use names.

And regarding profile pictures, I’d say 10% of the people I interact with on zoom have them, and 0% of the people I interact with on teams. These platforms should get over themselves and realize people aren’t spending time customizing their profiles, because it’s just not important. You’re just a tool, zoom/teams. Try not to go wild with your fantasy of becoming a “virtual town square” that is integral to all aspects of life or whatever you are telling yourself internally. First goal is making meetings less of a pain in the ass.

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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by nostrebored on Saturday August 13, 2022 @11:59AM (#32451062)
In this case it absolutely can. Show me the name not the initial.
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