It could also be for background noise suppression when unmuted. This isn't a giant privacy concern, just be clear about what the mute button actual does for all

It could also be for background noise suppression when unmuted. This isn't a giant privacy concern, just be clear about what the mute button actual does for all the privacy people. Generally, when I'm on a Zoom call, I'm not expecting ridiculously high privacy, and expect my recipient and the service to have access to the conversation. If not, I would use Session.