Submitted 4 months ago by 0x815@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.teamviewer.com/en/resources/trust-center/statement/
Here is a thread on it: infosec.exchange/@jtig/112689665815283809
Fuck Russia, constantly hacking and ransoming shit. My company just had this happen to them lmao. Fucking scum
Since they classed my personal account as professional I hope Team Viewer never recovers.
Here we go again…
Gee, it’s lucky they didn’t start requiring an account for personal use… Oh, wait.
RDP for Windows comes built in. VNC has a really fast install on Linux. There’s no reason not to use them and loan your remote sessions to a third party company.
RDP does not fill the same role as Teamviewer at all. The M$ alternatives would be Quick Assist or the older MSRA.
Because TeamViewer will set up a port forwarding and a NAT traversal for you.
VNC and RDP only work when your host has a public IP, or you know how to set up a proxy.
And you should not ever expose RDP or VNC to the Internet, every, for any reason, for any length of time, whatsoever.
RDP is for pro version only, and plenty of people get home version by default. There are better options, but I want to clarify that.
RustDesk is the closest alternative, and I think it does a pretty good job.
MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Any professional still using team viewer deserves this. I just feel sorry for all the novices that get caught up in this.
alphapuggle@programming.dev 4 months ago
My professor made me install TeamViewer to our lab computers despite strong pushback from me, and perfectly functioning ssh access through the campus VPN. I can’t wait to send this to him.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That could have been me a few years ago. I was still using teamviewer up until 2020 to connect to my desktop from my laptop. It’s so handy.
Fortunately it was when I started learning about open-source solutions