Why use it at all? I honestly don't know what's available in this space, since I don't need to, but is there really no alternative?
If they're building a product that does shady things (e.g., macOS install nonsense) and is full of security holes (e.g., zoombombing) that's enough to tell me I don't want to use it and I don't want my son's school using it.
Google isn't alone here. Just another data point.
At best it's a product full of security holes. At worst deliberately designed to spy on people. I don't care who those people are. I care about the intent.
Zoom is by far the best usable conferencing software. Its security flaws are irrelevant to most users as the pain of using anything else is awful. It's always a major drawback.
People in the real world care as much about Jitsi as about Bernie Sanders. HN and Reddit are bubbles that Joe Schmitz from MegaCorp Inc. does not know or care about ever despite some aspects being vastly better on the security side. UI/UX is Zoom's domain though and nothing comes close.
Some of us don’t have security as a high priority. I for example wouldn’t really mind if my computer’s entire contents were published at nytimes.com. What I care about right now is my kids getting to see their family over Zoom or whateverx
I think we’re probably at the point where it doesn’t matter what your personal threat model is: your insecurity affects everyone, so nobody has the luxury of not caring about it (much like vaccination against disease). It is a matter of collective and national security.
Why use it at all? I honestly don't know what's available in this space, since I don't need to, but is there really no alternative?
If they're building a product that does shady things (e.g., macOS install nonsense) and is full of security holes (e.g., zoombombing) that's enough to tell me I don't want to use it and I don't want my son's school using it.
Google isn't alone here. Just another data point.
At best it's a product full of security holes. At worst deliberately designed to spy on people. I don't care who those people are. I care about the intent.