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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by nixgeek on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:29AM (#20409139)
It is enabled by default and if you don’t like that you can disable this behavior.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204536

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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by vinay_ys on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:50AM (#20410793)
We still have not heard anything officially from Apple. Based on other comments here, this removal happened via Malware Removal Tool (MRT) which itself is a hidden tool. If yes, then Apple needs to declare Zoom as Malware. For reference, Apple defines Malware here - https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh27449/10.14....

On the other hand, Apple itself is guilty of not addressing gatekeeper vulnerability in time (is still yet to fix this bug): https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/25/macos-gatekeeper-vulnerabilit...

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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by cerberusss on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:11PM (#20412702)
> We cannot commend them > Why are we dependent

Why are you using "we"? I for one am quite happy how Apple manages Gatekeeper.

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