The stock was a pandemic winner, rising to a high of $559. The company believes the success of videoconferencing during the pandemic will encourage companies to hold more meetings online instead of requiring employees to travel from different locations to convene in one physical location. Zoom is counting on many businesses to hold on to their videoconferencing subscriptions even despite offices having reopened so some employees can continue to work remotely part of the time During the pandemic the company installed a hidden web server on Macs to allow for automatic call handling.Īpple then decided to update their operating system to remove the hidden program. Zoom has been the subject of privacy concerns in the past. As always, we recommend users make sure their Zoom client is updated to the latest version.' Zoom has determined that this bug did not result in audio data being transmitted back to Zoom's platform. 'The Zoom client for macOS 5.9.3, released on January 25, 2022, fixed a bug involving the failure to properly terminate the microphone use post-meeting. It is is those users who have complained that Zoom seems to be keeping the microphone on constantly, despite not being on a call.Ī spokesperson for Zoom commented on the problem which they say has fixed the issue and that there were no privacy concerns: It means that many users end up leaving the app running in the background even when not actively using it. Zoom was bedeviled by security issues early in 2020 after stay-at-home orders transformed the company’s videoconferencing service from a niche product into a cultural phenomenon.Īlmost overnight it became the go-to venue for business meetings, schools, social gatherings and, in a deadly global pandemic, funerals.Įven with some workers having returned to their offices, many people still use the tool as a videophone app.
'At this point, it looks like it's safest to only run Zoom while on active calls and keep it quit otherwise.'
0 kommentar(er)
