The chance of you coming in contact with a hacker via a video chat program is low.
But, medium and larger sized businesses are now primary targets.
Not being able to see each other face to face...video chat programs like zoom and skype are becoming more and more popular.
But by using them - are you opening yourself up to undetected threats like hacking and malware?
Kimt news 3's alex jirgens is speaking with an expert to find out.
He joins us live in albert lea- alex?xxx live zoom bombing-live vo-2 amy - you can see i'm on my phone here talking to all of you... and it's a similar set up when people use things like facetime or zoom.
The program zoom has taken off like wildfire.
Families are using it to stay in touch with loved ones - and businesses are using it for meetings.
But are we opening ourselves up to having our private information compromised?
Zoom bombing-live vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:protecting your video chat from hackers albert lea, mn curtis soderquist of c-s computers in albert lea notes the chance of you coming in contact with a hacker via a video chat program is low.
But medium and larger sized businesses are now primary targets.
If you do want to have some peace of mind when contacting family - soderquist advises to log out of your program completely.xxx zoom bombing-live sot-1 "once you logged out, they just can't log you back in.
They 'd have to have access to your computer to log you back in.
If you're logged out of the program completely, where you have to log in each time you run it, i think you'll be safe."
Zoom bombing-live sot-3 some other advice - it's also best to update to the latest version of zoom if you haven't done so already.
And keep your operating system on your computer up to date.
Live in alber lea - alex jirgens- kimt news 3 thank you alex.
A few more ways to stay safe... create separate passwords - lock down your meeting once everyone invited to attend has joined - and do not publicly post meeting links to social media.
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