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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by codethief on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:39AM (#30271516)
> What’s the alternative?

A desktop operating system that comes with a proper security and permission model (i.e. not a standard Linux system). Right now, QubesOS seems like the only candidate here.

I can't believe Android and iOS are now >=15 years old and Linux is still struggling with this.

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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by nisegami on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:18AM (#30271783)
IME, a lot of people learn about Wayland's security improvements over Xorg and then immediately consider them deal-breakers. Stuff like global hotkeys and shared clipboard access.
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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by GekkePrutser on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:13AM (#30329530)
MacOS manages to implement all those things while having sandboxing. Though at the expense of many popups (program X wants to do Y) right now. Maybe not the perfect solution either but it is not an unreasonable thing to ask for IMO.
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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by McWobbleston on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:32PM (#30275376)
Which is wild to me because my immediate thought upon learning was ok, how long until I can get off Xorg?
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Re:Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not i... by npteljes on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:04AM (#30283203)
Fedora 35 came with Wayland by default, it was so smooth I haven't even noticed :) I only learned about it when I reflexively invoked an x-something tool and it said command not found.
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