Michael Tsai’s blog collects some tweets and posts highlighting major privacy issues with Zoom.
ZOOM monitors the activity on your computer and collects data on the programs running and captures which window you have focus on.
If you manage the calls, you can monitor what programs users on the call are running as well.
The host of a Zoom call has the capacity to monitor the activities of attendees while screen-sharing.
What the company and its privacy policy don’t make clear is that the iOS version of the Zoom app is sending some analytics data to Facebook, even if Zoom users don’t have a Facebook account, according to a Motherboard analysis of the app.
With the COVID-driven worldwide push at many universities to move to Zoom-based online classes, we should keep in mind what we are asking students to open their personal computers to as a condition of getting an education.
Update (2020-03-28): AppleInsider reports that the newest version of Zoom for iOS no longer sends information to Facebook.