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Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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Thankfully nothing like this is in Jitsi Meet’s TOS: https://jitsi.org/meet-jit-si-terms-of-service/ It never ceases to amaze me how companies choose the worst software!

I use Zoom for work and never got an email explaining that suddenly they can use call recordings to train some AI models and sell this to 3rd parties.

Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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post #11

Thankfully nothing like this is in Jitsi Meet’s TOS: https://jitsi.org/meet-jit-si-terms-of-service/ It never ceases to amaze me how companies choose the worst software!

Actually, they only affect their hosted meet.jit.si service, right? Not if you self-host Jitsi on your own server (which you should if you're a medium-large company, for data protection and all that)

Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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10.2 … You agree that Zoom compiles and may compile Service Generated Data based on Customer Content and use of the Services and Software. You consent to Zoom’s access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing, sharing, maintenance, and storage of Service Generated Data for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable Law, including for the purpose of product and se…

Before that:

> Customer Content does not include any telemetry data, product usage data, diagnostic data, and similar content or data that Zoom collects or generates in connection with your or your End Users’ use of the Services or Software (“Service Generated Data”).

I could be wrong, but my take is that there is not all that much to see here

Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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Why not switch? I've had good experiences with competitors. I don't know if they're as nice for mass meetings instead of one-to-one or small groups, but at least for the chats I've had, there's never been any reason to go to Zoom. (I care more about spyware, privacy, and user sovereignty than AI training.)

Because "company policies"

Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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post #3

Does that include corporate zoom contracts?

You can self host the enterprise tier "User and meeting metadata are managed in the public cloud while the meeting traffic including video, audio and data-sharing goes through the Meeting Connector in your company network." https://explore.zoom.us/docs/en-us/plan/enterprise.html

Re: Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out

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Does GMail do this for spam detection? I always thought they do but didn't read the TOS.

Google also used to read email contents for targeted advertising. This was a major point of contention when Gmail was introduced in 2004. They stopped 13 years later:

https://www.fastcompany.com/4041720/heres-why-it-took-gmail-...

Most people just don’t care though.

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