Video conferences have become an integral part of our everyday lives - at least since the Corona pandemic. The initial difficulties were quickly overcome and the advantages of video conferences are now undisputed. People in different locations can work and exchange information with each other easily and in high quality - and they should do so! Video transmission makes conversations much more pleasant than in a telephone conference. However, there are also security concerns that are justified. Video conferences often take place in your own four walls. Your face is filmed and your voice is recorded. This data is private and should only be given to trustworthy providers who assure you that they will not use this data for any other purpose.
"We have nothing to hide"
Even if you have nothing to hide, you must insist on your privacy. Because your data can also be used for other purposes in secret. An unforeseen use of your data, such as in the most harmless case for Training an AI, can only be excluded with open source software. Because only this reveals what happens to your data. Just as we should all defend the right to freedom of speech, even if we have nothing to say at the moment, the right to privacy is also non-negotiable. It only becomes important when it is taken away.
Why does privacy need to be protected?
Amnesty writes on its website: "Throughout history, seemingly harmless information about people has been used to politically persecute them in crisis situations. You may trust your current government to look for criminals and not do anything else with your data. But what happens if your future government drifts in a totalitarian, dictatorial or fascist direction?"
Video conferences, but safely!
The possibility of video conferencing makes it easy to overcome distances. Travel kilometers are saved, remote work is possible, hybrid events open up new possibilities. Users of wechange.de can also use these advantages for their work - with the secure Video Conference Pro feature. With Video Conference Pro you use the open source tool BigBlueButton, which we provide for you on our servers in Germany. This means that your video conference is 100% GDPR compliant. There is no data leakage and the spoken word remains confidential. WECHANGE is politically and technically independent and remains able to act even in crises.
We're giving you one month of Video Conferencing Pro in October
Since the integrated fairmeeting tool will no longer be free from October 2024, we have decided to continue with Video Conference Pro only. Video Conference Pro works more reliably, allows more participants and the quality is much better. So that you can see for yourself what Videokonferenz Pro, we are giving all users a free month of Videokonferenz Pro in October (information on activation to follow). After that, we have to charge a fee for use, as the financing is not covered by the voluntary contributions. You can find all information about Videokonferenz Pro, prices and the advantages over fairmeeting here.