====== Zoom ======

[[https://zoom.us/|Zoom]] is a video conference application. It's [[https://pandayoo.com/2020/03/10/zoom/|developed in China]].

===== Download =====
  * [[https://flathub.org/apps/details/us.zoom.Zoom|Flatpak on Flathub]]

===== Privacy =====
  * [[https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/|Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act]]
  * [[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account|Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/Ouren/status/1241398181205889024|ZOOM monitors the activity on your computer and collects data]]

===== Tools =====
  * [[https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector|Zoom Redirector]] – the "join from your browser" link is intentionally hidden. This browser extension redirects any meeting links to the web client.

===== Alternatives =====
  * [[jitsi|Jitsi]]
  * [[whereby|Whereby]]

===== Performance =====
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFil-ZPE0-g|Zoom vs WebRTC]]

===== Security =====
  * [[https://de.tenable.com/blog/tenable-research-advisory-zoom-unauthorized-command-execution-cve-2018-15715|Unauthorized Command Execution (CVE-2018-15715)]]
  * [[https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/zoom-zero-day-4-million-webcams-maybe-an-rce-just-get-them-to-visit-your-website-ac75c83f4ef5|Zoom Zero Day]] allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission
    * [[https://blog.assetnote.io/bug-bounty/2019/07/17/rce-on-zoom/|Zoom Zero Day Followup: Getting the RCE]]
    * [[https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs253/lectures/Lecture%2018.pdf|Lecture with further explanation]] in the [[https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs253/|CS253: Web Security]] class by [[https://feross.org/|Feross Aboukhadijeh]]
    * [[https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-defends-use-of-local-web-server-on-macs-after-security-report/|Zoom defends use of local web server on Macs after security report]] (2019-07-09)