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Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

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Re: Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

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Post by godelski »

> There is nothing in the privacy policy that addresses [that data is being sent to Facebook]

> The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique advertiser identifier created by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with advertisements

So Zoom is sending the fingerprints of mobile users to Facebook. Which helps Facebook better track users across the internet. Not only this, but Zoom is not disclosing this information (though it isn't like people read TOS and would be aware of this anyways).

Can we just stop sending data everywhere? If you don't need it, don't gather it.

Re: Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

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Post by robin_reala »

godelski wrote: post #2

> There is nothing in the privacy policy that addresses [that data is being sent to Facebook] > The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique advertiser identifier created by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with advertisements So Zoo…

The good thing is that this is illegal in the EU, so they can just be sued for problematic amounts of money.

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Post by saagarjha »

robin_reala wrote: post #3
godelski wrote: post #2

> There is nothing in the privacy policy that addresses [that data is being sent to Facebook] > The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique advertiser identifier created by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with advertisements So Zoo…

The good thing is that this is illegal in the EU, so they can just be sued for problematic amounts of money.

Is it illegal in California?

Re: Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

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Post by ogre_codes »

Every time I read an article with FaceBook in the title I'm a little more glad that I stopped using the service a while ago. Stuck using Zoom for work, but I do use it on a semi-quarantined device so it shouldn't be able to tie it back to my old Facebook account or online activity on my desktop.

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Post by conqrr »

ogre_codes wrote: post #7

Every time I read an article with FaceBook in the title I'm a little more glad that I stopped using the service a while ago. Stuck using Zoom for work, but I do use it on a semi-quarantined device so it shouldn't be able to tie it back to my old Facebook account or online activity on my desktop.

Technically it can still link you to the old account through metadata that zoom has on you like your name, workplace etc

Re: Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

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Post by rvz »

Well everything that imports the Facebook SDK or allows sign in with Facebook does this so as long as an app has that blue button on the screen, you shouldn't be surprised that it will phone home to Facebook once the app is opened and initialised.

Too bad it isn't practical to have a system-wide blacklist of selected hosts on iOS. Maybe you can but requires a jailbreak, but that too can break some apps.

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