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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by christophilus on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:16AM (#32449189)
I’m one of those who hates Zoom’s UX. They use dark patterns to try to trick you into installing rather than using the web client. And their web UI is… not great.

I’ve had better experiences as an attendee on other software. (I think one was Gotomeeting). Works flawlessly in the browser. No dark patterns like the way Zoom tries to trick you into downloading their malware.

And the interface was superior, in my opinion. No idea how good / bad the presenter UX is, though.

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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by okamiueru on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:40AM (#32449342)
Wait. Is it possible to use the Web client? I asked external people who had set up a zoom meeting to reschedule on Google meet, because I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to use their web ui.
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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by kevincox on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:13AM (#32450081)
Yes. The join via web button should join after you click the regular "join" link once. If you don't have zoom installed it will just pop up not working then you can join via web.

I also use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/zoom-redirect... to fix up the URL automatically.

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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by okamiueru on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:27AM (#32457236)
It's been a little while since then, but I remember downloading at least three executables, getting annoyed, And setting up a google meet event instead.
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Re:The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root ... by tomsmeding on Saturday August 13, 2022 @09:02AM (#32449482)
It is possible, but it misses features. For example, the thing that I ran into recently is that web zoom cannot switch between multiple camera's of another person on the call -- e.g. if they have some fancy conference room setup.
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