The internet will cut out for at least one person

From friend to foe to spinning wheel of doom, all in the space of a few moments.

People will forget you can hear them…

Which means that, when they start whispering answers to their lockdown companions, you can eavesdrop without even trying.

…and, y’know, see them

Expect people to drift off camera in search of snacks, to have a furious muted argument about meaningless trivia, or start scratching something they wouldn’t usually scratch in company.

Except when you need to, that is

As Stylist’s Megan Murray puts it: “Someone ALWAYS cheats and gets away with it because you can’t tell what they’re doing off-camera!”

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