Zoom App Mac Will Get

Zoom App Mac Will Get

It is issuing a silent update meaning your Mac will get it without any interaction on your part to remove the web server, which was designed to save Safari users an extra click, from any Mac that has Zooms software installed.

It makes perfect sense not only because many users may not open Zoom for some time, but also because many of them had uninstalled the app.

Before Zooms emergency update, uninstalling the app left the web server on your computer so Zoom wouldnt have a way to uninstall it with an updated app.

That means the only reasonable and easy way for those people to get this patch would be for Apple to provide it.

Apple reportedly believes this software update shouldnt affect Zooms ability to function on Macs.

We appreciate our users patience as we continue to work through addressing their concerns.

Even if you uninstalled Zoom, the web server persisted on your machine and could even reinstall the application automatically.

Speaking to The Verge yesterday, Zooms chief information security officer, Richard Farley, explained that the company didnt really believe that there was anything wrong with its software, but it wanted to reassure everybody who disagreed.

But we also recognize and respect the view of others that say they dont want to have an extra process installed on their local machine.

A competing video conferencing service, BlueJeans, said that it too used similar software, but that it felt it was more secure.

Secondly, an uninstall of BlueJeans on Mac or Windows completely removes the application and the launcher service described in the article above.

Weve reached out to Apple regarding that question and will report if we hear more on that.

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