Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aware of

Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by montroser on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:27AM (#22664996)

There's no reason why video conferencing should require an installed app in 2020. Standard browser tech in WebRTC is completely sufficient, and well supported at this point.

There's even the Picture-in-Picture spec coming into place, which should allow more seamless desktop integration: https://w3c.github.io/picture-in-picture/

Fully browser-based alternatives to zoom:

https://hangouts.google.com

https://whereby.com

https://team.video

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Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by teekert on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:29AM (#22665016)

Don't forget privacy oriented https://meet.jitsi.net/

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Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by galad87 on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:33AM (#22665040)

It wouldn't be an issue if the app was sandboxed. And I see no reason for a video conferencing to not be sandboxed or to implement similar privilege restrictions.

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Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by logie17 on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:08PM (#22665349)

Whereby has come a long way, and I recently started using team.video as well. I like both because I can just send a link and have a meeting instantly.

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Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by zajio1am on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:01PM (#22666002)

> There's no reason why video conferencing should require an installed app in 2020.

Much better efficiency and ergonomics?

Freedom to choose independent client implementations interoperable by standardized protocols (e.g. SIP)?

Independence of client provider and service provider?

Interoperability between different providers (i.e. different users can use different service providers)?

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Re:Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aw... by montroser on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:39PM (#22666511)

If the first two points are supremely important to you, and if you have enough resources, then yes, it's possible you may find more flexibility in an app.

On independence and interoperability though, doesn't an open WebRTC stack spec'd by an independent standards body give us our best hope there?

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