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Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the zoom.us domain

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634 points RVRX | 8 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 1.323s | source | bottom
1. autoexec ◴[17 Apr 25 01:34 UTC] No.43712216[source]▶
Markmonitor and zoom are both terrible companies so I can't feel bad about this
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2. __float ◴[17 Apr 25 01:40 UTC] No.43712243[source]▶
What's wrong with Markmonitor? They don't have nearly the customer base of Zoom (where I can relate to any complaints, I'm sure)
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3. autoexec ◴[17 Apr 25 01:51 UTC] No.43712299[source]▶
They've earned themselves a reputation for sending false DMCA notices.

https://www.inquisitr.com/markmonitor-sends-false-copyright-...

https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-defeat-false-dmca-tak...

https://torrentfreak.com/court-dismisses-charters-claims-of-...

https://torrentfreak.com/hbo-wants-google-to-censor-hbo-com-...

https://torrentfreak.com/after-4-years-copyright-holders-sti...

They haven't even always been good to their own clients: https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-lawfirm-defrauded-right...

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4. nickvec ◴[17 Apr 25 01:58 UTC] No.43712335[source]▶
Curious what your rationale is for Zoom being a terrible company? I don't disagree.
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5. autoexec ◴[17 Apr 25 02:15 UTC] No.43712438[source]▶
I decided zoom was a bad company very early for security and privacy reasons

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20687014/zoom-security-fla...

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto...

The endless stream of news on privacy problems and vulnerabilities that have come to light since then have only made me feel better about that initial opinion.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/zoom-data-mining-for-ai-te...

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes

https://cybersecuritynews.com/zoom-app-vulnerability/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/zoom_privilege_escala...

https://gbhackers.com/zoom-security-update-patches-multiple-...

https://thecyberexpress.com/multiple-zoom-vulnerabilities-de...

6. johnisgood ◴[17 Apr 25 07:14 UTC] No.43713954[source]▶
Since parent (autoexec) has provided links to all of these claims, do not let it go to the down-vote hell and disappear.

Why Markmonitor is terrible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43712299

Why Zoom is terrible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43712438

If you think it is not enough to call them terrible, reply to these comments as to why not.

7. voxic11 ◴[17 Apr 25 13:08 UTC] No.43716263{3}[source]▶
Can you explain what that last article has to do with MarkMonitor? To me it just sounds like MarkMonitor once bought a company from a law firm which was sued for fraud 5 years after the sale was completed. So it doesn't appear that MarkMonitor was in any way related to the fraud which occurred.
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8. autoexec ◴[17 Apr 25 16:19 UTC] No.43718979{4}[source]▶
Good call out! If Schlüter didn't continue doing work for DtecNet after the sale to MarkMonitor then we can't really blame MarkMonitor for the things he was doing 5 years later.