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Video and audio files from online teaching on Zoom can be exploited by Chinese government agencies, according to the Danish IT trade union PROSA. The University of Copenhagen maintains that it trusts that Zoom complies with legal agreements.
A large number of computers and printers at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) are to be scrapped and replaced with new ones in the near future. This is to allow for a new, and more secure, operating system. Ludicrous that UCPH does not have a more sustainable plan for replacement, says employee.
Peter Brodersen ordered a new computer via the UCPH IT department and was notified that the delivery time was 5½ weeks. Not good enough, he says: Researchers work under time pressure. But according to the deputy director of IT, it cannot be done any faster, as UCPH has opted not to keep Apple computers in stock.
UCPH does not monitor employees’ use of the web. However, data about people's behaviour on the internet is automatically saved, and if you get a virus, you can be contacted by the IT department.
