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?
I would keep it simple and use the zoom web client and restrict as much as possible.
However, if you must have an app, they support linux. Then you can sandbox it as you would other apps on your machine.
Going into another partition might be a bit safer, but I’m not sure the privacy vs convinience tradeoff works.
There is a flatpak zoom app. I guess it can be sandboxes somehow. It would most likely not pose any privacy threat outside of zoom.
But keep in mind that zoom got into it’s privacy policy, that they can record and use for ai anything you do and say during a meeting (if you didn’t allow access to the desktop during the meeting, zoom shouldn’t be able to record it, so most likely won’t matter for that, only what you send through their servers).
Is there a reason why you didn’t list “using the web client in firefox and install none of their crap on my machine” among the options you consider ?
@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.
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?
If you use YOUR login to participate in Zoom via Tor, then Zoom already knows who you are, regardless of HOW you access it
I would just use a private Firefox window to join via the web client. What kind of privacy intrusion are you most worried about?
