Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera

Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by _asummers on Monday July 08, 2019 @11:50PM (#20388883)

I'm unclear what subset of users are desktop only Zoom users that aren't also familiar with the same "Do you want to allow this app to access your camera/microphone?" dialogs on mobile devices. This can't be a large demographic, can it?

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by spaceribs on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:02AM (#20388930)

Ah, but that's an interesting question right? do they WANT to be asked? If you only had to make one click to join a meeting, doesn't that FEEL better?

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by swish_bob on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:07AM (#20389813)

In fairness, I get irritated about the fact I need to tell WebEx to use my computer's audio to join the call every damn time I join a meeting quite annoying.

If only there was some happy middle ground between never asking and always asking ...

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by dwaite on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:58AM (#20390283)

For me the problem isn't that it asks, it is that it forgets (and they don't have the same options consistently across hosting orgs).

I'd be totally fine with default-on voip sound - with a red, muted mic button and a bubble saying 'tap to unmute'.

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