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January 22

2016 TeamViewer hack/"hack"

In 2016 it was widely reported that many TeamViewer accounts had been compromised and that attackers had used access to steal from targets. It was suggested by some that the compromise was not due to hacking a flaw in the TeamViewer software but rather that the username/password combination had been determined by other means. I'm trying to find out whether the people affected were at fault for using the same username/password elsewhere or whether the TeamViewer software is/was flawed because I sometimes still need to use a remote desktop service. --129.215.47.59 (talk) 15:19, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Some security guys suspected that Teamviewer had been hacked. TV said no. It was people using the same username/password at other sites that were hacked, such as LinkedIn. Then, the news cycle went on to the next item of interest. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 16:46, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Blockchain without cryptography

If you want something akin a blockchain, but do not want to secure its links using cryptography (since, sometimes you trust the system), how would you call it? --Hofhof (talk) 17:43, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Delta encoding? Nimur (talk) 20:34, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Distributed ledger is what you're looking for.

But I'm not aware of any implementation that doesn't include at least some cryptography.

ApLundell (talk) 22:06, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

International Conference Call option

Hello, greetings, I want to know if there is any service that allows international conference call for free (or paid, please tell the options)? It might be similar to http://www.sabsebolo.com/ Sense Bolo]. For some reason Hangout or Skype do not work sometimes for us. It'll help in a few works. Thanks. --Tito Dutta (talk) 18:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

I have used (but not as an organizer) "Free Conference Call.com" for international conference calls. --Tardis (talk) 03:45, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Zoom works better than Skype for my company. You can get a weekly call of up to 40 minutes for free, which is all we need.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)