What would be the better option for privacy. Logging into my windows partition and using zoom just for class logging right back out or install zoom on my linux partition?
Just use the browser client. They try to hide it but you can click thought the small text to launch it. The browser sandbox is one of the most reliably privacy options that we have.
First, I would recommend posting this in a privacy community instead, as linux isn’t just for privacy. I don’t like to give comments correcting people without proposing a solution, so I would say just running it in your browser with uBlock Origin and maybe a random user agent switcher if zoom lets you. Also clear your cookies when you are done. If you really want full privacy then just use tor browser for it.
Edit: Also use a burner account that you create while using tor.
If you really want full privacy then just use tor browser for it.
Can you actually have a fast enough connection for Zoom through Tor?
@joel_feila
You can use the ‘Firefox Multi-Account Containers’ extension for Firefox and create a container for Zoom.That is no longer necessary with Dynamic State Partitioning. Every top level domain is automatically given its own container, essentially. The extension is really only useful for logging into sites on two accounts simultaneously.
Is this for real? So I shouldn’t be worried about using certain websites that they’ll track me around?
Sort of. There are still tricks that can be used like redirecting between sites to “sync” their states. Container tabs can still be useful because if they do this then the sites will all be “fresh” to that container and not shared between websites. But for the most part yes, different sites have limited ability to track you other than things like fingerprinting and IP address.
Is there any good explanation of this somewhere?
The zoom Linux client is crappy so if the web one does not work for you I would suggest just booting into windows and using it.
you are the first to suggest using window. Since I would only log in just for class and right back it it can’t really track much.
If you put zoom in a flatpak and tighten its permissions, it won’t be able to touch the rest of your system
Is this actually true withoit using wayland?
If you’re using X, it would be able to read your inputs for other applications and such, but if you don’t do anything sensitive while it’s running it still won’t be able to do anything.
Wont it be able to take screenshots of my desktop and such?
It could, so while you’re using it you should make sure you don’t have anything sensitive onscreen.
If your desktop supports Wayland at all, you could switch to it while using Zoom, even if other things don’t work as well, then switch back when you aren’t.
Zoom does not work in wayland
ah wack, XWayland then? that should at least stop it from snooping on Wayland apps
You can run it on Linux through Firejail.
Might be able to find a flatpak and use flatseal to restrict it as much as possible
not going to school would be the best option
