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

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796 points _Microft | 2 comments | 31 Mar 20 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | 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. aequitas ◴[31 Mar 20 14:16 UTC] No.22737708[source]▶
I think it's interesting to see the outcry when Apple poses new restrictions in the application distribution process (like signing and sandboxing) but conversely the same cries go up when there is an App that seems to be abusing loose control mechanisms.

I think a lot of power users rightfully feel they are belittled by sandboxes and application restrictions. But seeing that they are not the major userbase and most Apps don't really need any permissions at all for their intended purpose (the user's purpose at least) I think Apple is moving in the right direction.

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2. lonelappde ◴[31 Mar 20 15:03 UTC] No.22738169[source]▶
It's possible to things wrong in more than one way.