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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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