Zoom is compromised

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Hello Dorothy and All,

I'm a strong advocate of FOSS. However, using Linux does not always means
it's full proof from attacks.

That said, on an advisory note to ICANN ORG, *SSAC* used to be at the fore
front of these things and we have not seen them flag this yet. Are they
socially distancing themselves from Zoom?

In another news, I had concerns about the report ICANN shared recently. It
contained information that suggests ICANN had access to some attendees
usage of the app. For sure I know hosts might know the programs I'm running
at the instance of that meeting.
If you read the privacy policy of zoom, it says :"*we may collect Personal
Data from or about you when you use or otherwise interact with our
Products." *
That also calls for concerns.

Speaking of Linux and FOSS. Perhaps, now is the time for FOSS enthusiasts
to consider running all zoom meeting instances on a sandboxed VM or
flatpak.

Now that we are locked in and it does not seem we have much alternative.
Here is a text and video guide for not so technically advanced users who do
not know how to use sandboxed VM or flatpak to help us at the moment
pending when zoom fixes it's flaws.

https://youtu.be/JvTMA6d-LwU

Or


https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/safety-and-security-while-video-conferencing/


Caleb Ogundele

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Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 9:46 AM dorothy g <dgdorothydg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stick with Linux!
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:16 AM Joly MacFie <jolynyc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with this commenter.
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/unpatched-zoom-bug-lets-attackers-steal-windows-credentials-with-no-warning/?comments=1&post=38771635#comment-38771635
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>> *This is evidently a Microsoft Windows flaw.It appears to be reported
>> along the same lines as: the Tech Industry built insecure products, so
>> let's train users to not click links.Fix Windows so it doesn't send
>> credentials to random SMB servers on the internet that bear no relation to
>> the host's domain, and using an insecure protocol to boot.Sheesh!  *
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>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:35 PM Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/unpatched-zoom-bug-lets-attackers-steal-windows-credentials-with-no-warning/
>>>
>>> This discovery was made yesterday, so it's not an April fool's day
>>> prank..
>>>
>>> -Raoul
>>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 17:41, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Very instructive. Thanks
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>>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:03 AM Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account
>>>>>
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>>>>> "The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details
>>>>> on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are
>>>>> connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique
>>>>> advertiser identifier
>>>>> <https://konsole.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013349668-Identify-Android-AdIDs-Apple-IDFAs-and-Safari-IDs> created
>>>>> by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with
>>>>> advertisements
>>>>> <https://www.singular.net/mobile-tutorial-series-idfa-apple-identifier-advertisers/>
>>>>> "
>>>>>
>>>>> -Raoul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 17:53, Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> FYI:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/27/trolls-zoom-privacy-settings-covid-19-lockdown
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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> Dorothy Gordon
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