Re: Zoom

[George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info>]

On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 18:02 D MacDougall wrote:
> On 1/29/25 05:39, Gregory Forster wrote:
> > Hi, I've been using Debian for about 3 months, still a newbie. I'm
> > trying to get totally off of Windows.One program I'm not sure about is
> > Zoom.If you go to their web site, they detect you're using Linux and ask
> > which distro you're using.  I'm a little apprehensive about downloading
> > from a vendor web site. Is there anyone here that's familiar  with Zoom
> > on Debian?
> >
> > -- 
> > -- Greg
> >
> Hi Greg and list,
> 
> Greg, the original poster didn't spell out why he was contemplating 
> installing Zoom on a Debian computer, but he did say he was still a 
> newbie having used Debian for about 3 mos.  From this description my 
> assumption has been that he is probably not planning to begin hosting 
> Zoom meetings himself but rather to use a Zoom client to join one or 
> more Zoom meetings which are being hosted by others. He wanted to know 
> whether he should be apprehensive about doing this.
> 
> My answer to this simple question is simply no.
> 
> My reasoning for this is as follows:
> 
> 1. Installing it on Debian is certainly no more dangerous than 
> installing it on Windows or any other operating system and quiet 
> possibly less so.
> 
> 2. There is no absolute security in this world.  All security is relative.

(I definately agree)

> 
> 3. If you are not going to be a hermit and you are going to interact 
> with the world (and why else would you want a computer with a camera, 
> microphone and internet connection), you sometimes have to do so on the 
> world's terms.
> 
> 4. If you want or need to join Zoom meetings that you do not control you 
> will probably not find a more secure way to do it than by installing 
> Zoom's own proprietary client which has been tested in the real world 
> and works.

+1 - To me a very sensible and well balanced responce to the original question.




> 
> Don MacDougall
> 
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