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From: Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] zoom?
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:09:56
Message-Id: b07a4229-75ab-4311-99e4-748538cc9a99@www.fastmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] zoom? by Michael
1 On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, at 08:04, Michael wrote:
2 > I have not used Zoom, but the interwebs are screaming about the fly-by malware
3 > silent installations that come with it. I don't know if this applies to Linux
4 > too.
5
6 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.
7
8 That's why I would move it to a VM - libvirt/KVM/spice seems to have pretty phenomenal support for cameras, mics, and other "advanced" features these days.
9
10 Alec

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Re: [gentoo-user] zoom? "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] zoom? Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com>