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How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’

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796 points _Microft | 1 comments | 31 Mar 20 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 1.029s | source
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paulgpetty ◴[31 Mar 20 12:47 UTC] No.22736970[source]▶
Two questions this raises, for me at least:

How do I know I’ve completely uninstalled all the things Zoom installed?

And, if Zoom provided a separate uninstaller (like many apps do) and it was verified to purge all of the stuff they installed (along with the uninstaller); would that appease people's concerns?

For now I’m sticking with the iOS app for video & their web-based experience for desktop sharing...

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1. simonh ◴[31 Mar 20 12:55 UTC] No.22737015[source]▶
A previous version of Zoom installed a web server on MacOS without telling you, and left it there after the uninstall process. So the answer is no, you can't be sure.

Oh, and there was a known vulnerability in the web server that allowed remote access to your camera. The company claimed this was all intentional and was a feature and refused to remediate it for months. Eventually Apple issues a system update that removed the web server.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/zoom-webca...