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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by dotancohen on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @02:44AM (#30270044)
If I have NFC or Bluetooth disabled it is because I explicitly do not want software on my device to contact outside services.
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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by olliej on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:51PM (#30276696)
Yes, but if you’re in a zoom/whatever conference room, with a zoom/whatever client running, it’s not unreasonable to think that you want to use the conference equipment. Couple with the various constraints on BT, etc this is a reasonable solution.

Where this reasonable solution is actually implemented securely is another question, and Zoom’s track record isn’t exactly fantastic.

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