Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act Doc Searls March 27, 2020
[This is the first in a series of four posts about Zoom and privacy. From what I can tell, so far, on March 30 (four days after I wrote this post), Zoom has cleaned up its privacy act. The next two are More on Zoom and Privacy, Helping Zoom, and Zoom’s new privacy policy.] As quarantined millions gather virtually on conferencing platforms, the best of those, Zoom, is doing very well. Hats off. But Zoom is also—correctly—taking a lot of heat for its privacy policy, which is creepily chummy with the tracking-based advertising biz (also called adtech). Two days ago, Consumer Reports, the greatest moral conscience in the history of business, published Zoom Calls Aren’t as Private as You May Think. Here’s What You Should Know: Videos and notes can be used by companies and hosts. Here are some tips to protect yourself. And there was already lots of bad PR. A few samples: https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/ _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
