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

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634 points RVRX | 2 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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...