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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: 0.658s | source
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GekkePrutser ◴[27 Mar 20 15:08 UTC] No.22703411[source]▶
Yeah I hate ZOOM sooo much.

First there was the issue with them turning on the camera by default. At least you could turn that off. Then there was the spyware they installed on every Mac without even asking for consent. And now this...

Since the spyware thing I refuse to install their crap on my machine, but one of our suppliers still uses it and the web client is very choppy.. But they'll just have to put up with it. I'm never installing it again.

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chmaynard ◴[27 Mar 20 22:53 UTC] No.22707621[source]▶
> First there was the issue with them turning on the camera by default.

FaceTime does this as well, even when I'm making a phone call via Contacts. I hate it.

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ThePowerOfFuet ◴[28 Mar 20 00:09 UTC] No.22708030[source]▶
Then press the button with a handset instead of the one with a camera; it's called "FaceTime Audio" for a reason.

If you had added them to Favourites and are calling from there, you added FaceTime (video) as the favourite; delete that shortcut and re-add them to Favourites as FaceTime Audio.

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1. chmaynard ◴[29 Mar 20 15:59 UTC] No.22719999[source]▶
You're assuming I use FaceTime on a phone. I do not. To clarify, I'm describing the experience of using the Contacts app in MacOS 10.14.6 to place phone calls.