Eric Lucas via plug on 1 Apr 2020 10:44:45 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Virtual Plug?


Thank you Rich... Good information! 
Eric

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:48 PM Rich Kulawiec via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 06:16:15PM -0400, Drew DeVault via plug wrote:
> Quick reminder to the list that Zoom is proprietary spyware [...]

It's even worse than that.  Read:

        Zoom Meetings Do Not Support End-to-End Encryption
        https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/

        Zoom shares your information with Facebook, lawsuit says / Boing Boing
        https://boingboing.net/2020/03/31/zoom-shares-your-information-w.html

        Zoom Teleconferencing Service &amp; Privacy - Consumer Reports
        https://www.consumerreports.org/video-conferencing-services/zoom-teleconferencing-privacy-concerns/

        Doc Searls Weblog · Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act
        https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/

        Doc Searls Weblog · More on Zoom and privacy
        https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/28/more-zoom/

Also, Zoom is being sued at the moment -- see BoingBoing link above.
They have apparently 404'd their privacy white paper from their web site.
The lawsuit:

        Taylor v Zoom Class Action - Google Drive
        https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utrCNVLLNRcwIHrpTmFr88lt3F2vkYQ9/view

---rsk
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