Ian Linkletter

It's time to celebrate a win!

Some of you may have heard that Zoom changed their Privacy Policy, claiming the right to use private meetings ("Customer Content") to develop AI models. People were angry, and Zoom doubled-down saying that users gave "consent" by continuing to use the service. This is ridiculous as students, medical patients, and workers have no choice at all.

Yesterday, Zoom backed down! They changed their Privacy Policy. Private meetings will stay private, because of us.

Aug 13, 2023 at 2:29amWeb
Show threadJake in the desertAug 13, 2023
@Linkletter this is a victory but why was my first thought that I hope they don't do it anyway and just not tell people 🙁
Show threadNonya BidnissAug 13, 2023
@Linkletter Next step: find a new, sneakier way to do exactly what they want to do.
Show threadDave Lane  🇳🇿Aug 27, 2023
@Linkletter you trust them?
Show threadIan LinkletterAug 27, 2023
@lightweight They'd be opening themselves up to a massive lawsuit if they lied about this.
Show threadDave Lane  🇳🇿Aug 27, 2023
@Linkletter seems to me the penalties for losing such a suit would preclude most from bringing one... Seems to me it wouldn't be the first time a massive corporation did something illegal because doing so would substantially increase shareholder value, while the industry would support them (because they'd all like to do the same, and a successfully class action lawsuit would cramp their profit-maximising ambitions) - plus they'd lobby hard to push through legislation to make it legal.