TL;DR Summary: Voice and video starts on by default in all campaigns There is no popup or indication that this is happening, and it is easy to miss if one is not paying attention or moves to another window. Those unfamiliar with roll20 may not realize it is on Those familiar with roll20 starting a new campaign may forget this happens People are playing from locations where they would normally expect privacy. As a result of the above, people may be playing in compromising situations, such as sitting in their underwear... or anything more obscene, unaware of the possibility of exposure. Even if they turn the settings off, they would still be exposed to anyone watching at the time. TL;DR Conclusion: Voice and Video should be off by default to avoid compromising personal modesty and decency. Text Body: I realize you can change it in the settings, but having video turned on by default means that a camera and microphone are activated automatically when you join a game, assuming you have those peripherals installed. This poses a problem in that, for those unaware of the feature, or looking in another window (and thus not noticing the activation of the camera and/or microphone), privacy is sacrificed. I realize that in many cases, this may not be an issue, but there are a large number of living situations, and as many people are playing from their bedrooms or living rooms where privacy is generally assumed... It would not be unreasonable to expect that someone might start a game sitting on the couch in their underwear, for instance, not expecting those in game to be able to see them. Then, say that same person joined a game early and turned their focus to other tasks, sitting there for thirty minutes to an hour before the game was scheduled to begin, blissfully unaware of the possibility of fellow gamers joining and seeing them displayed in all their majestic glory... If anything, a popup when first loading a game *asking* whether you want your microphone and camera to be on or off *before* actually activating them might be a good idea. Obviously there are far more compromising positions an unaware person might be caught in, and it's easy to forget the settings reset when joining a new game... Edited to say I'm using Google Chrome with ad-block enabled, since someone posted that the pop up happens on some computers. I've never seen or heard it... but a pop up notification like that shouldn't appear as an ad if it comes from within the site's structure and not as a embed or plug-in. If it's just a matter of extending it to Chrome, should be an easy fix that should be implemented ASAP.
