Re:Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act
by Wowfunhappy on Friday March 27, 2020 @07:42PM
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> Your system tells you that the installer can run some code.
The message reads "this package will run a program _to determine if the software can be installed_". Old iWork updates used this to see you had a previous version of iWork on your computer. nVidia's Web Drivers used it to check if your Mac had an nVidia card. No other macOS pkg that I'm aware of makes actual changes made to your system during this step. That's not what the user agreed to.
Behind the consent message is a grayed-out "next" button that you never get to click.
I suppose this system was ripe for abuse, but that doesn't excuse the people who abuse it.
The message reads "this package will run a program _to determine if the software can be installed_". Old iWork updates used this to see you had a previous version of iWork on your computer. nVidia's Web Drivers used it to check if your Mac had an nVidia card. No other macOS pkg that I'm aware of makes actual changes made to your system during this step. That's not what the user agreed to.
Behind the consent message is a grayed-out "next" button that you never get to click.
I suppose this system was ripe for abuse, but that doesn't excuse the people who abuse it.