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Better late than never: a year into the Zoom boom, American artist Sam Lavigne releases Zoom Escaper, a sneaky tool that helps you bow out of video meetings. “It allows you to self-sabotage your audio stream, making your presence unbearable to others,” writes Lavigne. The ‘unbearable’ signal interferences provided include echo, bad connection, construction noise, and a crying baby, all perfectly acceptable excuses to end a video call early. Lavigne offers a video tutorial on how to install Zoom Escaper here.

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