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Re:Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people by cr1895 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:15PM (#30261169)
Perhaps I'm misremembering, but wasn't there actually quite significant backlash towards their security flaws in the early days, causing them to rectify the problems?
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Re:Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people by orange3xchicken on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:40PM (#30261589)
Just last night I noticed that the zoom program on my mac has been suffering from this bug, which is ~4 months old. Both are up to date.

https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Why-is-the-Zoom-app-l...

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Re:Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people by core-utility on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @01:02PM (#30261965)
I got Micro Snitch [1] as part of a bundle with Little Snitch years ago and have just had it running for cases like this. I'm fortunate to not have run into this issue, but I like the peace of mind of knowing exactly if I do.

[1]: https://obdev.at/products/microsnitch/index.html

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