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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: 0.403s | source
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AndyPa32 ◴[27 Mar 20 16:38 UTC] No.22704374[source]▶
The paid version has a feature where the organization admins can listen and watch in conversations without anybody noticing or giving consent. I am quite sure that doing so would be illegal where I live (Germany).
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ShakataGaNai ◴[27 Mar 20 17:38 UTC] No.22704947[source]▶
Unless you gave "consent" in your employment contract, or agreement to the companies employee handbook, AUP or similar documentation. This sort of "agreement to monitoring" is common in a lot of corporations today.

Please don't use your company issued hardware/software/network for something not-work related ... and something you wouldn't feel comfortable sharing with most of your colleagues. There is already a plethora of monitoring going on out there.

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1. jes5199 ◴[27 Mar 20 19:16 UTC] No.22705894[source]▶
This blame-the-victim mentality is not helpful. An employee shouldn't have to be vigilant against their bosses spying on them! Basic human norms don't disappear just because there's fine print in a contract. The idea that "ownership" of hardware gives certain people in a company unchecked power over the people who use that hardware is obscene.