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Facebook is taking on Zoom. Should you use it?
Zoom’s meteoric rise in popularity during the COVID-19 crisis has been nothing short of remarkable. In seemingly no time, the video-conferencing service became the go-to app for workers, educators and executives to keep their routines and livelihoods going.
On the other hand, the program has seen its share of criticism from privacy and security watchdogs across the web. With more people using the service than ever, its flaws became all too obvious as hijackings called “Zoombombing” and problematic settings became headline news. Tap or click here to find out how Zoom has updated its platform to be more secure.
Many people made the jump to Zoom purely out of name-recognition, but even that might not be enough to save the platform from the biggest competitor of all: Facebook. Last month, Mark Zuckerberg’s empire announced a video conferencing app of its own to compete with Zoom, and now it has arrived.
‘Don’t trust Zoom, trust us instead’ – Facebook, probably
Back in April Facebook officially announced its foray into the world of video conferencing with an update to its long-running Messenger app. The new feature, dubbed “Messenger Rooms,” allows users to expand their conversation threads into a live video call, and includes a host of other fun features to lure Zoom users away from the rival platform.
Messenger Rooms allows users to participate in calls with up to 50 other people in private “rooms.” These rooms can be securely locked by the meeting host, who opens the call and starts up the chat. Calls in messenger have no time limit, and hosts are able to boot and add new members at their leisure.
All users will also have access to fun AR features like the kind found on its sister platform Instagram. They include filters, virtual backgrounds and “masks,” which Facebook says can change the way your face looks.
Compared to Zoom, which boasts paltry, tough-to-figure-out security features and a lack of lighthearted options like filters, Facebook Messenger Rooms sounds infinitely more fun.
But then again, that also means trusting Facebook with your private data again. This time, though, it’s not just you — it’s everyone else in the call, too. Tap or click here to see the data Facebook Messenger keeps asking for.
Oh, and you don’t even have to have a Facebook account to join one of these calls.
Messenger Rooms have arrived
This week, Messenger Rooms rolled out across the U.S. Here’s how to start a video call with the new feature:
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Say their company has faced a deepfake attack. This year, one worker joined a deepfake video call with his “teammates” that was so convincing, he wired $25 million to the scammers. Companies going through IPOs, mergers or reorgs are most at risk.