If you must join a Zoom meeting, try to do so using the web interface as that’s safer (the web interface is sandboxed by the browser). You have viable alternatives like Jitsi and Vimeo (and many others)… use them. Friends don’t let friends use Zoomįor event organisers: respect the privacy of your speakers and attendees and to not subject to surveillance and malware by Zoom. In the future, I’ll be asking ahead of time if an event uses Zoom and, if so, I won’t be speaking at it.Īt the very least, I do not want to be the reason that people install malware on their computers and use a system that violates their privacy and human rights. I went to all this trouble because I need to be able to present tomorrow using Zoom. That means two things: using AppArmor and Firejail. I guess it’s fitting that the series I’m speaking at is called Insecure.Īs I use Linux, I’m going to take every precaution I can before running the Zoom malware on my machine. When I agreed to speak at Creative Mornings Istanbul tomorrow, I didn’t know they were holding the event over Zoom.

(Or, if want to live stream to lots of people, pay for something like Vimeo Live if you can.) “But I’m forced to use Zoom!” TL DR: Use Jitsi or something else instead Failing that, use the app on iOS as that is also sandboxed.

If you must use Zoom – sadly, it is one of the few options if you want to use simultaneous translation or have a sign language interpreter – do so using the web interface as that’s safer (the web interface is sandboxed by the browser). You are not stuck to using a certain venue just because a conference organiser is using it. Don’t forget that anywhere on the Internet is just one link away.

I then did Q&A in the Zoom meeting via my iPhone (where Zoom is sandboxed). We gave the folks in the Zoom meeting a link to my talk and they watched it there.

You can watch the edited recording on our web site. Update (8 Jul, 2020): I ended up doing my talk over our Vimeo Live account instead. Zoom is malware… if you have to run it, run it in its own prison. How to use the Zoom malware safely on Linux if you absolutely have to – Aral Balkan Aral Balkan Home How to use the Zoom malware safely on Linux if you absolutely have to

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