Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script

Re:Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script by oefrha on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @06:37AM (#22747342)

“Total amateurs hacking things together” somehow managed to ship something functionally better than products from mature shops like MSFT that mean serious business. The irony there.

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Re:Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script by dsr_ on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @07:21AM (#22747584)

It has long been the legendary case that Microsoft takes three major versions to get a usable product, then encrusts it with ornamental features until it has trouble breathing around version 7 or 8.

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Re:Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script by valuearb on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @12:48PM (#22750749)

It's more like they gained better ease of use by bending platform rules, to the detriment of security.

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Re:Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script by oefrha on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @12:54PM (#22750823)

I highly doubt Zoom’s video conferencing solution was solidly working while MS Teams crumbled under load two weeks ago is due to magic in Zoom’s macOS installer.

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Re:Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script by valuearb on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:10PM (#22751026)

Wasn't talking about infrastructure, was talking about the ease of use that led to large market share. Zoom broke lots of platform rules to perform that trick.

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