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I do not have the Zoom app in any form installed. I'd much rather use it in the browser. When I close the tab, Zoom is gone. After the COVID era bullshit of Zoo
by dylan604 2mo ago
I do not have the Zoom app in any form installed. I'd much rather use it in the browser. When I close the tab, Zoom is gone. After the COVID era bullshit of Zoom installing a utility that gives root access to anything, I've never installed it. Luckily, all of that came out before I started using Zoom.
- mywittyname 2mo agoThere's a solution to both: 1. Not make web browser general-purpose runtimes for arbitrary software. 2. OS builds a general-purposes runtime that's completely sandboxed. So users can run more complex software without needing to worry about cruft being installed on their system. Unfortunately, browser builders have decided that web browsers are #2.
- Rohansi 2mo agoWhat is the practical difference if the OS provides your general-purpose sandboxed runtime instead of the browser? The browser is already a product being developed by the same organization as the OS for a significant chunk of people. iOS -> Safari Android -> Chrome Windows -> Edge (based on Chromium, so fixes in Edge make their way into Chrome too)
- Delk 2mo agoThe sandboxed application would be something you explicitly chose to run. When the browser is the platform, every web page you visit has access to the general-purpose runtime. (Of course permission checks e.g. for microphones exist.)
- Rohansi 2mo agoWhy do you still need an explicit install step if everything is correctly sandboxed? If your only answer is you don't trust the sandbox then you shouldn't trust the one provided by the OS, either. Your browser's sandbox is tested way more than anything else.