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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: 0s | source
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geoffeg ◴[27 Mar 20 14:41 UTC] No.22703171[source]▶
> As quarantined millions gather virtually on conferencing platforms, the best of those, Zoom, is doing very well.

Why would Zoom care about their privacy issues if they're doing so well off? Seems like that's a good amount of positive reinforcement that their current approach is the right one to them. Maybe they'll lose a few thousand customers because of it, but given what I'm sure was a huge increase in the past few weeks, why would it be something they're concerned about?

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bryanrasmussen ◴[27 Mar 20 14:49 UTC] No.22703237[source]▶
Because the EU is on lockdown, lots of EU citizens now using Zoom, and all of those users are potential liabilities due to GDPR issues.
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seanhunter ◴[27 Mar 20 15:07 UTC] No.22703402[source]▶
The UK cabinet has been meeting on Zoom during the crisis. It was in a media shot issued by 10 downing st yesterday.
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1. jeltz ◴[27 Mar 20 17:20 UTC] No.22704791[source]▶
Sounds like even more reason for Zoom to care. The more high profile they get the more like it is for EU privacy watchdogs to go after them.