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April 2, 2020 08:39 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21205853/zoom-linkedin-feature-disabled-privacy-security-video-calling
Zoom has disabled a feature that was exposing users LinkedIn profiles
As COVID-19 forces schools, offices, and social groups to move their daily operations online, video calling service Zoom has become the new centerpiece of many people’s daily life. But the increased use has brought heightened scrutiny to the company’s data practices. Every day, it seems, new vulnerabilities in the platform are coming to light.
Today is no exception. The New York Times discovered that Zoom has been supporting a data-mining feature that automatically matched users’ names and email addresses to their LinkedIn profiles when they signed in — even if they were anonymous or using a pseudonym on their call. If another user in their meeting was subscribed to a service called LinkedIn Sales Navigator, they were able to access the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21205853/zoom-linkedin-feature-disabled-privacy-security-video-calling
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