Are you using a work Zoom account for personal use?

[nosos]

I've let my personal account lapse because it seemed an easy way to save £140 when I have access through work.

Am I opening myself up to surveillance though? I'd assume at worst this means an admin can see titles of meetings, who joined and how often etc. But perhaps there are secret admin spying powers which I don't know about.

 

[Pickman's model]

people pay £140 for access to zoom? is there anything particularly wrong with the free service they offer?

 

[Orang Utan]

dunno why you’d need a personal account

 

[Sue]

I'm guessing because it kicks you out after 40 mins which can be annoying on long calls.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm guessing because it kicks you out after 40 mins which can be annoying on long calls.

thought only people used it for work though

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm guessing because it kicks you out after 40 mins which can be annoying on long calls.

yeh that's true. but never heard of anyone paying for a personal account before.

 

[marty21]

Occasionally work has a thing on Zoom , but mostly it is on Teams , and I don't use the work one for anything other than work.

 

[Pickman's model]

thought only people used it for work though

by no means, there's been loads of people using it for social purposes over the pandemic

 

[Sue]

thought only people used it for work though

nosos seems to be asking about using their work Zoom account for personal use. And of course people use Zoom for not work. .

 

[Sue]

yeh that's true. but never heard of anyone paying for a personal account before.

Oh I agree. Although I think the OP isn't in the UK so maybe it's different where they are..?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But perhaps there are secret admin spying powers which I don't know about.

Personal calls are automatically recorded so the admins can watch them later.

Possibly

I'd be more comfortable using an account that is totally separate from work though - better safe than sorry.

 

[Sue]

Personal calls are automatically recorded so the admins can watch them later.

Possibly

If this were true, I'd say good luck to them .

 

[Johnny Doe]

by no means, there's been loads of people using it for social purposes over the pandemic

And clubs and organisations. I use for Monday night team selection meetings for the football club I run, for example.

 

[nosos]

Personal calls are automatically recorded so the admins can watch them later.

Possibly

I'd be more comfortable using an account that is totally separate from work though - better safe than sorry.

And machine transcribed and appended to a permanent record.

 

[nosos]

dunno why you’d need a personal account

because I sometimes talk to people for longer than 40 minutes?

 

[Orang Utan]

because I sometimes talk to people for longer than 40 minutes?

sorry, didn’t realise people were using it at home, thought it was like Teams

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm guessing because it kicks you out after 40 mins which can be annoying on long calls.

never had any trouble getting meetings extended tho - have you?

 

[Orang Utan]

because I sometimes talk to people for longer than 40 minutes?

poor you! i can’t handle more than about fifteen!

 

[nosos]

never had any trouble getting meetings extended tho - have you?

Yeah I think they only do that at certain times of year and/or a few times in a row. If it helps with the surprise that people have their own paid Zoom subscriptions, I also used it for freelancing and just for convenience at work really. The old place had a cumbersome request process for Zoom rooms rather than just letting you book them directly with your own account.

 

[Sue]

never had any trouble getting meetings extended tho - have you?

No, never though it can be a bit annoying, especially if there are quite a few folk on the call.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I always use my work account. Nobody seems to mind!

 

[nosos]

I don't think anyone's going to mind, I just can't shake the feeling there might be a database accumulating somewhere

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't think anyone's going to mind, I just can't shake the feeling there might be a database accumulating somewhere

Sounds like you've got a guilty conscience.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sounds like you've got a guilty conscience.

don't we all?

 

[marty21]

And clubs and organisations. I use for Monday night team selection meetings for the football club I run, for example.

Easier to bench players

 

[farmerbarleymow]

don't we all?

Not me - but then I'm a paragon of virtue.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not me - but then I'm a paragon of virtue.

if you don't have a guilty conscience you're doing something wrong

 

[marty21]

poor you! i can’t handle more than about fifteen!

The longest non-work phone conversations I have are with my mum , I think 20 minutes tops.

 

[teuchter]

Presumably this is what whoever administrates your work account can look at.

 

[nosos]

don't we all?

Exactly. I don't trust someone who lacks a guilty conscience