[Nottingham] [Misc] Zoom on Linux

J I jasonirwin73 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 8 15:01:55 UTC 2021


Zoom runs in the browser without issue, it's just WebRTC at the end of the
day.
At worst you have to click the download link, cancel the download and then
click the new link to open in the browser.

PITA.

On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 14:07, Martin via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Unfortunately, we can't easily get away from Zoom for virtual conferences.
>
> My experience of using Firefox for a Zoom meeting is that the Zoom
> servers refuse to connect any audio. (What of html5 and standards??)
>
> Hence, there is the untrusted 'app'...
>
>
> See:
>
>
> https://ar.al/2020/06/25/how-to-use-the-zoom-malware-safely-on-linux-if-you-absolutely-have-to/
>
>
> Anyone with experience of Zoom locked in firejail?
>
> Or does such nefarious-ware require a sacrificial virtual machine for
> any virtual meeting??
>
>
> (Hopefully our group security expert can comment? ;-) :-) )
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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