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?
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.
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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.
If you put zoom in a flatpak and tighten its permissions, it won’t be able to touch the rest of your system
Is this actually true withoit using wayland?
If you’re using X, it would be able to read your inputs for other applications and such, but if you don’t do anything sensitive while it’s running it still won’t be able to do anything.
Wont it be able to take screenshots of my desktop and such?
It could, so while you’re using it you should make sure you don’t have anything sensitive onscreen.
If your desktop supports Wayland at all, you could switch to it while using Zoom, even if other things don’t work as well, then switch back when you aren’t.
