Re: [PLUG] Virtual Plug?

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 & 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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