U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes

Re:U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes by noahtallen on Monday May 11, 2020 @04:46PM (#23146842)

You don’t have to install any software to use Zoom.

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Re:U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes by gregmac on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:05PM (#23147670)

Last time I used it, I had to log in to be able to join in my browser, and then couldn't see more then one feed at a time.

Kind of limiting, especially compared to jitsi for example.

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Re:U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes by distances on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:39AM (#23152155)

Last time I had a Zoom meeting these were the steps to a browser join link:

1. Go to zoom.com 2. Click "Join a meeting" 3. Enter meeting id and click Join 4. Ignore the automatic app download 5. Go back 6. Click "Join a meeting" again 7. Enter meeting id and click Join again 8. Ignore the app download again 9. Click at "If nothing prompts, click here" 10. Click "Join from your browser" 11. Agree to terms of service 12. Enter password and name, click Join

Needless to say, I prefer Jitsi or even Google Meet.

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Re:U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes by catalogia on Monday May 11, 2020 @04:53PM (#23146942)

To be fair, Zoom does their best to conceal this. On MacOS at least, you have to download their installer twice, ignoring it each time, before it lets you connect using the web client.

Awful dark patterns like this should be illegal.

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Re:U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes by throwphoton on Monday May 11, 2020 @05:05PM (#23147072)

I wish I knew that before I installed it. Does the MacOS uninstall actually remove all traces of Zoom at this point?

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