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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by a-wu on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:09PM (#20388176)
> In our Zoom clients, we both already had the “Turn off my video when joining a meeting” box checked.

I believe this is one of the mitigations, which is why it didn’t work.

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by CaliforniaKarl on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:12PM (#20388183)
That makes sense. But, I don’t remember ever turning on that checkbox.
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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:22PM (#20388230)
This is the issue. It’s on by default.
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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by CaliforniaKarl on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:30PM (#20388269)
I’m sorry, I am really confused.

The box says “Turn off my video...”. So, I think having it on by default is a good thing.

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by rrdharan on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:16PM (#20388475)
The default is that the box is unchecked - i.e. the Zoom client will, by default, automatically turn on your camera when you join a meeting. You can opt out of that behavior by checking this box, but that behavior is the default.
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