MEmehagar·May 24, 2022
Check out https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector. You can also join meetings from https://pwa.zoom.us/wc/.
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arkadiyt / zoom-redirector
zoom-redirector
Zoom Redirector is a browser extension that transparently redirects any meeting links to use Zoom's browser based web client.
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What it is
Zoom Redirector is a browser extension that transparently redirects any meeting links to use Zoom's browser based web client.
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Observed mentions: 2020-03-22 22:11:57 UTC to 2022-05-24 18:38:13 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Mar 2020 | 2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Apr 2020 | 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| May 2020 | 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2020 | 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2020 | 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2020 | 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2020 | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2020 | 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2020 | 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2021 | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2021 | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2021 | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2021 | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2021 | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2021 | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
16 sourcesThank you. And thank you for making it open source.
Concerning this line:
https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector/blob/master/back...
Why is it sometimes returning undefined? (or is that known)?
Cheers!
In Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not in a meeting?I wrote a small browser extension to transparently redirect you so you don't have to cancel the download and click "Join in Browser":
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zoom-redirector/fm...
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zoom-redirect...
Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dkhjempaia...
Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/zoom-redirect...
Source: https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not in a meeting?> they bury the no-install, run-in-browser link
I wrote a browser extension that will transparently redirect all zoom links to user their web client:
https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In Zoom still don't understand GDPR> Zoom has a pretty decent web only experience you can access using a roundabout procedure
I've written a browser extension to transparently redirect all meeting invites to use their web client:
https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In Two vulnerabilities in Zoom could lead to code executionI don't use Zoom myself, but some friends that do have been using this: https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
Seems to work for them, and gets around that whole song and dance you described.
In Google bans Zoom from employees' computersThis is just today. https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector/issues/7
In Tell HN: Zoom runs application from Time Machine backup when uninstalled on Macanother plug for the zoom redirect plugin https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In Tell HN: Zoom runs application from Time Machine backup when uninstalled on MacTell HN: Zoom removed the dial-in and join from your browser options
> Zoom will be placing the Web Client into maintenance mode and take this part of the service offline. This will also impact users utilizing Zoom’s Web SDK. This will have no impact on users utilizing Zoom’s desktop or mobile application. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. https://status.zoom.us/incidents/16ll08mmddk6
I used to visit to this page [1] to join Zoom meetings from Canada using my phone because I don’t like using the desktop/mobile app, much less these days with all the security issues people have found. But today I realized the dial-in numbers are not there anymore. I tried to join the same meeting using the “join from your browser” [2] option that appears once you cancel the installer download, but it now returns a “403 Forbidden” error message, meaning the page was completely removed.
EDIT: They are pl
Read the rest
anning to put these features back online in the future [20,21,22,23].
I cannot believe Zoom is forcing customers to use the desktop and mobile apps after so many people complained about their bad security practices [4..19].
[1] https://zoom.us/zoomconference
[2] https://i.imgur.com/YGcIYaf.png
[3] https://i.imgur.com/NuoqqSJ.png
[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22768494 - Zoom rolled their own encryption scheme, transmit keys through servers in China
[5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22762173 - ‘War Dialing’ tool exposes Zoom’s password problems
[6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22749105 - Ex-NSA hacker drops zero-day for Zoom
[7] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22746764 - Zoom has a signed binary that runs any unsigned script
[8] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742565 - Trolls break into meetings on Zoom
[9] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22736608 - How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’
[10] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22735746 - Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing
[11] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22708233 - Zoom’s Use of Facebook’s SDK in iOS Client
[12] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703000 - Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act
[13] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22693792 - Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account
[14] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22664219 - Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aware of
[15] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22659216 - Show HN: Zoom Redirector
[16] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22657384 - Zoom monitors activity on your computer
[17] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20407233 - Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server
[18] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20390755 - Zoom is reinstalling itself after a minute of being uninstalled [video]
[19] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20387298 - Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera
[20] https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector/issues/7
[21] https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-progress-web-sdk-web-client-from-browser-403-forbidd…
[22] https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-progress-web-sdk-web-client-from-browser-403-forbidd…
[23] https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-progress-web-sdk-web-client-from-browser-403-forbidd…
Zoom has disabled their web client
1 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
Zoom Redirector is a browser extension that transparently redirects any meeting links to use Zoom's browser based web client.
In Does your video call have End-to-End Encryption? Probably notI have to agree that Zoom just doesn't seem to care very much about privacy or security. Once? Sure, maybe an honest mistake. But, come on.
Also, I have been enjoying this: https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector which highlights how optional the use of the native client is.
In SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concernsFrom another commenter on another HN thread https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’This browser extension enables the web interface: https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’> provides a secondary degraded experience in the browser if you find the right link to use it (which you have to do EVERY SINGLE TIME
I wrote a browser plugin to do this:
https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector
In Zoom needs to clean up its privacy actShowing the 15 most recent of 16 sources. Enable JavaScript to search and browse every indexed mention.