How secure are video chats? Stiftung Warentest gives a provider a devastating rating

Stiftung Warentest took a closer look at video chat programs.

In their test, only five of the participants achieved a grade of good.

Almost everyone has a problem.

• Stiftung Warentest * compared twelve video chat programs

• In the test by Stiftung Warentest, five video chat programs performed well

• Only two of the programs tested did not show any serious deficiencies in terms of data security 

Kassel - Stiftung Warentest last

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programs take a close look.

Especially during the current Corona crisis, these programs, with which you can

enter a common chat

via

, are booming.

During the test, the experts from

noticed

above all the deficit in terms of data protection.

According to the test, there is a loophole here in almost every program.

These video chat programs were tested by Stiftung Warentest

In the test were twelve programs that provide users with

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allow.

But four of the tested by Stiftung Warentest

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programs of the test were available all the time for free.

In the meantime, two of the formerly paid programs even have free versions on offer.

Hereof One is the

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program Microsoft teams.

The other is the Slack chat program, which in the free version does not

allow

group chats with

.

In general,

does not

recommend

any of the three programs that are still subject to a fee, as these can be found further back in the comparison.

Total cut of the twelve tested

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programs only five of the general classification "good".

Stiftung Warentest: These are the winners in the video chat test

According to the experts at

, the two have

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offers from Microsoft the best quality.

Microsoft Teams has an overall rating of 2.0.

Compared to the second and third placed

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programs, it is the only one which allows a three-digit number of participants.

According to Microsoft, 250 people can take part in the peak.

In second place is with an overall rating of 2.1 of the

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, also from

.

Especially in handling, it lost points compared to its competitor from the same production.

Thanks to Skype & Co., people stay in contact with family and friends despite Corona.

We tested 12 video chat programs: Two Microsoft products are ahead.

It's a shame: almost all tools have deficits in terms of data protection.

The whole test is available here: https://t.co/9fxYFRpKDL pic.twitter.com/S8sgJ2ymt4

- Stiftung Warentest (@warentest) May 13, 2020

Stiftung Warentest: Third place went to two video chat programs

However, users with hearing impairments also receive support here; Teams is only available in English.

According to

have both

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programs significant deficiencies in the Privacy Policy.

However, there was in the test of

only two

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programs that did not have significant deficiencies here.

One of these programs is the

 This took third place in the test with an overall rating of 2.4.

On these managed with the same Appreciation also the free

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program

.

Jitsi

scored points compared to the equally placed, especially in terms of picture and sound quality.

According to the testers from

could

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convince especially in suppressing the noise.

Stiftung Warentest: A video chat offers a huge number of participants

One of the programs exceeds at its maximum number of participants all other

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programs in the test.

refers to the information provided by the manufacturer in the information provided by the participants.

The

program

allows up to 250,000 people to participate at the same time.

The program, with a rating of 2.5, took fifth place in the test.

The program performed poorly, especially in terms of data protection.

Here there was only a rating of 3.7.

Stiftung Warentest: Video chat also possible with a slow connection

Often it comes with

-

problems if the Internet connection is too slow.

According to

, the best choice in such a case is the Jitsi program.

This

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program came in the test most clearly with poor internet connection.

The clear loser of the test is

.

The program promoted with a

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feature, which did not exist.

In the test by

, the program did not get beyond the mark unsatisfactory.

When asked by

 , the company stated that the advertisement was an oversight.

Stiftung Warentest: Oat drinks were last tested

Stiftung Warentest recently took a close look at oat drinks *.

The test result even surprised the experts.

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This is why Stiftung Warentest has taken on this topic *.

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However, they were only able to rate four of the 38 apps tested as good.

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Most did well.

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Stiftung Warentest has now tested car sharing via app *.

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So maybe you too will benefit from a pension at the age of 63.

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Stiftung Warentest tries to shed light on the darkness in a test *.

The safety of children is a priority for many, and this also applies to riding in the car.

Stiftung Warentest has examined the seats * required for this. 

Over 500 TV sets are currently included in the Stiftung Warentest test * database.

Recently, 14 current models were tested to bring them up to date. 

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