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Why can't I join a meeting on iPhone without giving Teams access to scan my local network?
I tried to join a meeting today after updating my iPhone and now Teams won't let me join any meetings unless I give it access to scan my local network. This is a gross breach of security... is T...
It's been a year and you still don't know the difference between other types of networks, your local network (LAN) and the internet in general, what they are, how they work etc., and they aren't exactly loose terms. If you're not going to be useful why bother replying at all in a poor attempt to troll people? I mean what? Do you have stocks at Microsoft or something? This is a genuine privacy concern for an (allegedly) professional service, and I don't know about you, but I don't want Teams (or any other service for that matter) to map our ******* local network... if you can't understand that, or what LAN mapping is maybe instead you should go back to browsing cat pictures on Facebook.
Yes, local subnet is where IP address AND netmask is the same as your computer address AND netmask.
Local network, LAN is a dubious term used to reference a subnet or a collection of subnets generally considered in one location, but also behind NAT boundary. Any computer on a LAN really doesn't know that it is on a LAN.
But as was explained to you, Teams has a feature that it can communicate with other Teams devices like your desktop.
But in short, it asks for it. It needs it. And as I asked, what issues do you see with it?
Local network, LAN is a dubious term used to reference a subnet or a collection of subnets generally considered in one location, but also behind NAT boundary. Any computer on a LAN really doesn't know that it is on a LAN.
But as was explained to you, Teams has a feature that it can communicate with other Teams devices like your desktop.
But in short, it asks for it. It needs it. And as I asked, what issues do you see with it?
- it doesn't need it. and trying to confuse people on the definition of "local LAN" doesn't change that. it needs internet, mic, and camera access to do what I need it to do and nothing more. It doesn't need access to ANYTHING else behind my firewall.
- This is clearly just taking all teams features hostage to enable MS to track and disregard all users privacy. If you have any decision power try to use alternatives to teams as it brutally exploits users.
- Love how you just written a bunch of words you barely seem know just to seem smart. No, it's not a dubious term, it's very clear, and no, LAN does not necessarily refer to a local subnet and neither of the two are "loose" terms, but I'm not even going to waste time to argue with you on that.
Let's say you are right and it needs that access for that specific feature, why does it not let you use the app AT ALL with that permission disabled, unlike every other single app that has similar features that require the very same permission? Your logic, or lack thereof, is just amusing. The fact you are still replying to this thread while bringing nothing to the conversation convinces me you have nothing better to do and your life must be pretty empty. - "It needs it"? Sorry, but that's BS. There is no legitimate "need" there that anyone has explained so far. That "feature" (typical Microsoft) is there only to snoop around and collect data. It has no business communicating with my desktop nor with any other of my devices.
