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Re:Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS by redler on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:07PM (#25402216)
I suspect they're referring to the fact that after the Zoom app is updated, you may find yourself in a meeting but unable to share a window because the updated app no longer has the "Screen Recording" privacy entitlement. Turning that on again requires quitting the app and therefore leaving the meeting.
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Re:Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS by indymike on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:18PM (#25402294)
This is exactly the issue. It's especially problematic when you are hosting a private meeting. When you exit, it will hang up on everyone, unless you hand control of the conference to a participant.
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Re:Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS by wtallis on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:17PM (#25402287)
That does sound annoying. Though to be fair, Apple has plenty of reason to distrust Zoom updates. I'm a bit surprised there's no way for Zoom to re-try screen recording without re-launching the app. Is that a fundamental limitation of Apple's security model, or a failure of Zoom?
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Re:Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS by indymike on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:20PM (#25402318)
It is all Apple. When you change a permission, MacOS forces you to quit and re-launch the app.
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Re:Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS by oneplane on Saturday December 12, 2020 @07:18PM (#25403079)
It's also all-app: they can change their homemade updater to a normal non-hidden updater and have normal signed distribution that doesn't require any of this re-auth.
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