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   PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Win32  Apr 16 2020 MSC 1925   
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   -=> August Abolins wrote to Wilfred van Velzen <=-   
      
    AA>    "An article in Vice pointed out that the Zoom iOS app shared a   
    AA> substantial amount of user data with Facebook, even if the user does   
    AA> not have a Facebook account. However, two days after this story was   
    AA> published, Zoom removed the code that sent data to Facebook."   
      
   I highly doubt they stopped sending data. It must be a huge financial reward   
   for doing so. Today's internet is all about selling analytics data. Glad I   
   never jumped into that category because I don't think I could live with myself.   
      
    AA> THAT is incredibly unethical in the first place. So, they only stopped   
    AA> it when they were outted.   
      
   I'm sure they're still sending the data, but in a more obfuscated manner.   
   Instead of sending directly to Facebook, they fetch the data to their own   
   servers and batch it from there.   
      
    AA> Pathetic.   
      
   Quite, but this is today's internet. And that's why I still use BBS's now more   
   than ever.   
      
    AA> The whole Protonmail article is a big revelation on Zoom and their   
    AA> practices.  It even has tips for using it (if you must) better.   
      
   I recall reading somewhere that protonmail's encryption is so advanced that   
   it's the only service the NSA hasn't been able to decrypt. I'm too lazy to fact   
   check that bit though, so it could be overinflated.   
      
    AA> Happy Zooming - if you dare.   
      
   I really don't think any of those services keep the data private. I'm sure   
   they're all guilty.    
      
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