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Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act

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1597 points seapunk | 1 comments | 27 Mar 20 14:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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ryeguy_24 ◴[27 Mar 20 15:14 UTC] No.22703477[source]▶
I get that privacy is important but this company has become a household name over night. My mom literally just installed Zoom because her friends were talking about it (eyeroll). The company has obviously helped the global economy work remotely and keep productivity moving over the past few months. First, thank you to Zoom for making a great product and continue to work under ridiculous load. Secondly, I agree that privacy is an issue but can we tone it down a bit considering the global situation at stake.

What am I missing? I'm asking humbly. Because it seems like we are complaining about the food at a homeless shelter?

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1. catalogia ◴[27 Mar 20 15:23 UTC] No.22703595[source]▶
> I agree that privacy is an issue but can we tone it down a bit considering the global situation at stake.

It seems to me that this is the best possible time to make some noise about Zoom's privacy problems. What better time for that could there be than during a period of mass adoption? What better opportunity to shame a company into compliance than during a global pandemic when the responsibilities of companies to the community is being emphasized?

You might have a point if castigating Zoom for spying on users somehow facilitated the spread of corona, but it doesn't.