Good morning and De Colores, here are a few tips from Monroe county regarding your protection from teleconferencing attacks.
I pray everyone is doing as well as can be expected in these trying times. I know it can be hard to keep in touch with others right now none the less group, so I have some information to pass along. Listed below are some ways to continue to group without having to be in the same room. Included are some ways that will allow for face to face, if you can. If you have any questions or need any help setting something up please contact Allen Stone at astone@rochester.rr.com or (585)269-4640. My group did a Freeconference.com Monday that was both dial-in and video. It was a strange experience, but we must persevere, and we must continue to live the Cursillo method. Remember that it is also confidential so use headphones or seclude yourself before beginning.
I know by now you have either missed an Ultreya or are about to miss an Ultreya, we are working on that and hope to have a resolution before we miss another one. Remember to stay safe and trust in the Lord. Thank you and De Colores.
* Most phone lines (land and cell) will do group phone calls for 3-5 lines.
* Google Hangout can be used to link either smart phones via app or laptops together for video chats.
* Freeconferencecall.com offers both voice only and video * Skype offers talk, cell or computer video conferencing for free or for a minimal monthly fee.
* Zoom offers video conferencing for free up to 40 minutes and up to 100 people or you can buy a subscription which Ultreya leaders can share at different times/dates during the month it's $15-20 per month)
* Microsoft teams... if people have Office 360 they can invite people into their team
- Ensure that you are using the most up-to-date version of the platform.
- Do not click on any meeting invitations from unknown senders.
- Beware of look-alike domains. Carefully inspect meeting invitation links to verify the address of legitimate websites (e.g., webex.com, zoom.us, zoom.com).
- Do not share meeting invitations publicly, such as on public websites or in social media forums (e.g., Facebook, Twitter).
- Schedule a meeting instead of using “personal rooms” or “personal meeting IDs” for meetings. This will ensure use of a one-time link.
- Require a password to join the meeting.
- Set a strong password that cannot be easily guessed.
- Set a different password for every meeting.
- Do not allow attendees to join before the host.
- Use a “waiting room” feature to keep participants from joining the meeting without host approval.
- Use an entry/exit tone or announce name feature to prevent someone from joining the meeting without your knowledge.
- Remove any unknown participants from your meeting and choose settings that do not allow them to re-join.
- Lock the meeting once all attendees have joined.
- Share an individual application or window, instead of sharing your desktop to prevent accidental exposure of sensitive information to your screen.
- Manage screensharing through a host to prevent someone from randomly taking over what is shown on the screen.
- Do not use other applications (e.g. Facebook) to sign into teleconferencing meetings to limit the amount of personal data the teleconferencing platform has access to.
- Consider disabling the chat feature to prevent unwanted messages from being displayed.
- If calls are recorded:
- Set a password for your recording.
- Delete recordings after they are no longer needed.
- Do not upload recordings to a shared platform (e.g., Dropbox, Sharepoint) that is open to unauthorized parties.
I pray everyone is doing as well as can be expected in these trying times. I know it can be hard to keep in touch with others right now none the less group, so I have some information to pass along. Listed below are some ways to continue to group without having to be in the same room. Included are some ways that will allow for face to face, if you can. If you have any questions or need any help setting something up please contact Allen Stone at astone@rochester.rr.com or (585)269-4640. My group did a Freeconference.com Monday that was both dial-in and video. It was a strange experience, but we must persevere, and we must continue to live the Cursillo method. Remember that it is also confidential so use headphones or seclude yourself before beginning.
I know by now you have either missed an Ultreya or are about to miss an Ultreya, we are working on that and hope to have a resolution before we miss another one. Remember to stay safe and trust in the Lord. Thank you and De Colores.
* Most phone lines (land and cell) will do group phone calls for 3-5 lines.
* Google Hangout can be used to link either smart phones via app or laptops together for video chats.
* Freeconferencecall.com offers both voice only and video * Skype offers talk, cell or computer video conferencing for free or for a minimal monthly fee.
* Zoom offers video conferencing for free up to 40 minutes and up to 100 people or you can buy a subscription which Ultreya leaders can share at different times/dates during the month it's $15-20 per month)
* Microsoft teams... if people have Office 360 they can invite people into their team
