Using malware techniques seems part of Zoom's DNA. Recently Zoom was caught secretly installing web servers on users' machines that allowed any website to forcibly join a user to a Zoom call, with their camera on, without consent.https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/ …
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Zoom is also a privacy disaster https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/ … The creepiest feature is attention tracking. If it's on, it reports to the host if a user clicks away from the Zoom window for 30 seconds. As we all know, your boss constantly watching your screen is a great way to work.
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The larger story is Zoom selling users out to appeal to its real customers: managers & companies. It tries hard to "just work"—crucial when there are 50 people on a call—even at the cost of acting like malware. And however misguided attention tracking is, there's a demand for it.
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Yes, there are alternatives, but it's scary how dominant Zoom has become so quickly during the crisis. The fact that decisions are made at the enterprise level, combined with the usual network effects, means that individuals have basically zero power to choose not to use Zoom.
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Thank you. Now can you please give us options. It’s bothered me that video conferencing noun has become zoom And most of the uni’s have gotten institutional accounts.
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Twitch. Discord. Jitsi. MS Teams.
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@ZoomLawSchool what say you -
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism
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Why has zoom suddenly blown up when perfectly good alternatives like Teams and Hangouts exist?
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teams uses 100% of CPU on a mac, and linux users cannot unmute once they mute.
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