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I'm happy the Zoom doesn't want to help Facebook spy on me. Unfortunately the chosen solution is still a privacy nightmare. Basically they let you login to Face
by greggman3 7y ago
I'm happy the Zoom doesn't want to help Facebook spy on me. Unfortunately the chosen solution is still a privacy nightmare. Basically they let you login to Facebook via an in app browser. The problem is an app can spy on all activity of an in app browser. That means you have to trust that Zoom is not recording your facebook password as you type it in. We need a better system.
Also scary. I have never ever logged in to Facebook on my iPhone except via the Facebook app and it was the first time I've installed Zoom. When I went into the Zoom app and picked login via Facebook, somehow it knew who I was and asked if I wanted to login as me. How is this possible? Is iOS sharing cookies across apps? I feel like maybe I need to reset my phone. WTF
I also feel like the best solution for this case is to somehow login via the facebook app. I know that used to be an option but it seems facebook deprecated it. My argument would be (a) I don't have to worry Zoom (or any other app) is getting my Facebook credentials (b) If actually do want to login via Facebook it's almost guaranteed I have the app installed.
- codesternews 7y agoNot in iOS. If they are using with webview or safariviewcontroller they can not access the browser cookies or data or most of device information.
- greggman3 7y agoNot true AFAICT. Given Chrome on iOS uses a webview and overrides all networking and given Firefox can inject JavaScript it seems trivial to use both of those features to spy on any webview activity
- generalpf 7y agoIf they’re using ASWebAuthenticationController you can’t read passwords. You can’t even see which URL they’re on.
- RKearney 7y agoIs there a way for the end user to differentiate between that and a custom controller?