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Hello, |
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:10 PM Alec Ten Harmsel |
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> <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, at 08:04, Michael wrote: |
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> > > I have not used Zoom, but the interwebs are screaming about the fly-by malware |
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> > > silent installations that come with it. I don't know if this applies to Linux |
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> > > too. |
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> > |
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> > My understanding is that it reports running processes and other info about your machine back to Zoom. Don't know why. As soon as I'm done with a meeting, I stop it so it's not running all the time. |
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> > |
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> Wow. It doesn't get much more spooky that that. The reason I was |
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> checking zoom is that it is what people @work are using. But they're |
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> not a security-conscious bunch at all, at all. |
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> Jorge |
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Same here: I have to use Zoom at work due to quarantine. I retrieved the |
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zoom_x86_64.tar.xz archive from https://us04web.zoom.us/download. Then, due to |
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security concerns, I launch it from a VM or in firejail. |
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JC |
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