Working on Zoom port

Julian H. Stacey jhs at berklix.com
Mon Apr 13 23:28:26 UTC 2020


"Rodney W. Grimes" wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> > Given how Zoom is getting used a lot more these days, I've started
> > working on a port that installs the Zoom linux client.
> > 
> > Here is a link to my github if anyone wants to help:
> > 
> > https://github.com/emc2/freebsd-ports/tree/zoom
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not done yet.  The zoom linux client installs a bunch of Qt
> > libraries in its own directory.  These either need to be installed with
> > a port, or else the right configs need to be set to search for libraries
> > there.
> > 
> > I'm going to take a break, but I'm going to circle back to this.
> > 
> 
> You are aware of the rather large pile of recent security issues
> surronding zoom I hope.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/08/zoom_security_stamos/
8 Apr 2020
"As Zoom bans spread over privacy concerns, vid-conf biz taps up
Stamos as firefighter in totally-not-a-PR-stunt move"

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/27/doc_searls_zoom_privacy/
27 Mar 2020 
Yeah, that Zoom app you're trusting with work chatter? It lives
with 'vampires feeding on the blood of human data'

Cheers
--
Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engineer, BSD Linux http://berklix.com/jhs/
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