requesting info on current tech events 

Could someone tell me 1) what is wrong with zoom security-wise and is it something I need to be worried about considering our school and our doctor use it for remote meetings and 2) what is keybase and why is it bad that zoom bought it

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@Felthry Zoom is... they feel kinda shady. That's the big thing that worries me.

They basically did /malware/ stuff on Mac – they installed a /secret web server/ behind your back, and sneakily tricked you into giving them root permission instead of asking the normal way...

And, they claimed to have "end to end" encryption when in reality it was just TLS. Not okay.

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@IceWolf the thing about malware reminds me of the superfish thing that made lenovo lose our trust....

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@Felthry Yeahhhh.

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@Felthry I mean it's not quite /that/ bad, but still...

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@IceWolf to be clear, this *specific* thing is not something we have to worry about on windows, right?

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@Felthry I don't believe so; every article I've seen about that was talking specifically about Mac.

Still, probably a good idea to run it in a VM. >,,>

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