[Nottingham] [Misc] Zoom on Linux

godfrey at gnnix.co.uk godfrey at gnnix.co.uk
Mon Feb 8 19:15:45 UTC 2021


Hi,
Our local Baha'i faith community regularly meets using Zoom for prayers, 
discussions and committee meetings, etc. I have had no problem running 
Zoom on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 20.04)

Godfrey

On 2021-02-08 14:06, Martin via Nottingham 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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