What would be the better option for privacy. Logging into my windows partition and using zoom just for class logging right back out or install zoom on my linux partition?

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    1 year ago

    I would keep it simple and use the zoom web client and restrict as much as possible.

    However, if you must have an app, they support linux. Then you can sandbox it as you would other apps on your machine.

    Going into another partition might be a bit safer, but I’m not sure the privacy vs convinience tradeoff works.

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      1 year ago

      There is a flatpak zoom app. I guess it can be sandboxes somehow. It would most likely not pose any privacy threat outside of zoom.

      But keep in mind that zoom got into it’s privacy policy, that they can record and use for ai anything you do and say during a meeting (if you didn’t allow access to the desktop during the meeting, zoom shouldn’t be able to record it, so most likely won’t matter for that, only what you send through their servers).

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    1 year ago

    Is there a reason why you didn’t list “using the web client in firefox and install none of their crap on my machine” among the options you consider ?

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      That is no longer necessary with Dynamic State Partitioning. Every top level domain is automatically given its own container, essentially. The extension is really only useful for logging into sites on two accounts simultaneously.

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        1 year ago

        Is this for real? So I shouldn’t be worried about using certain websites that they’ll track me around?

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          Sort of. There are still tricks that can be used like redirecting between sites to “sync” their states. Container tabs can still be useful because if they do this then the sites will all be “fresh” to that container and not shared between websites. But for the most part yes, different sites have limited ability to track you other than things like fingerprinting and IP address.

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    First, I would recommend posting this in a privacy community instead, as linux isn’t just for privacy. I don’t like to give comments correcting people without proposing a solution, so I would say just running it in your browser with uBlock Origin and maybe a random user agent switcher if zoom lets you. Also clear your cookies when you are done. If you really want full privacy then just use tor browser for it.

    Edit: Also use a burner account that you create while using tor.

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      If you really want full privacy then just use tor browser for it.

      Can you actually have a fast enough connection for Zoom through Tor?

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        If you use YOUR login to participate in Zoom via Tor, then Zoom already knows who you are, regardless of HOW you access it

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            I answered that using Tor defeats the purpose.
            Depending one nodes you use one day you may have great connection, the other it may be really crappy

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    I would just use a private Firefox window to join via the web client. What kind of privacy intrusion are you most worried about?

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    1 year ago

    You can run it on Linux through Firejail.

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    Just use the browser client. They try to hide it but you can click thought the small text to launch it. The browser sandbox is one of the most reliably privacy options that we have.

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    If you put zoom in a flatpak and tighten its permissions, it won’t be able to touch the rest of your system

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        If you’re using X, it would be able to read your inputs for other applications and such, but if you don’t do anything sensitive while it’s running it still won’t be able to do anything.

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            It could, so while you’re using it you should make sure you don’t have anything sensitive onscreen.

            If your desktop supports Wayland at all, you could switch to it while using Zoom, even if other things don’t work as well, then switch back when you aren’t.

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    1 year ago

    The zoom Linux client is crappy so if the web one does not work for you I would suggest just booting into windows and using it.

    • joel_feila@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      you are the first to suggest using window. Since I would only log in just for class and right back it it can’t really track much.

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    1 year ago

    not going to school would be the best option