Zoom Client

[Jim]

On 3/28/20 4:23 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> I think that was tested using an iPad but the code is the code, and I 
> doubt that they would remove Zoom's ability to report that data on a 
> per-platform basis; much more likely that it's common to all platforms. 
> And FB can monetize your data even if you're not a member.
> 
> P

Just read this article: 
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3b745/zoom-removes-code-that-sends-data-to-facebook

Which basically says they used the FB SDK to allow users to log in with 
FB but didn't know they were also sending data.

Then I read this: 
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/27/doc_searls_zoom_privacy/

Jim

> On 28 March 2020 00:21:02 Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/27/20 4:06 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2020-03-27 at 20:40 +0000, Peter Flynn wrote:
>>>> Bear in mind that [Zoom] is also a major security problem.
>>>
>>> How?
>>>
>>> Regards, K.
>>
>> I doubt that this qualifies as a major security problem, but I have read
>> a couple of stories today saying that the mobile version sends data to
>> Facebook even if you are not a member. I don't if this is true of the
>> desktop version.
>>
>> Jim
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