They were doing something nefarious, but if they were, I would think that they wouldīe vigilant about turning that light on and off to not get caught and kill the company. They're just pulling video from the camera API.
Zoom.app not a Mac App Store download, it's direct from Zoom, so there's minimal to no vetting.Įither they are using an unpublished API and that seems doubtful because they really don't need to. Apple figured that out a long, long time ago. The only way to toggle it is to open the microphone. There is no API call to independently turn the mic light on or off. This bug was addressed in the Zoom client for macOS version 5.9.3 and we recommend you update to version 5.9.3 to apply the fix." According to a company representative, the latest version of the app no longer has this problem: "We experienced a bug relating to the Zoom client for macOS, which could show the orange indicator light continue to appear after having left a meeting, call, or webinar.
Zoom has confirmed that there was a bug in its macOS app that could cause the orange microphone-in-use indicator to appear even after leaving a call. According to them, the Mac's microphone stayed active even after ending a Zoom conference - which certainly raised privacy concerns.
9to5Mac reports: Since December last year, a number of users have been complaining about this bug in the Zoom Community (via The Register). Luckily, according to the company, this was just a bug that has now been fixed. Popular video conferencing platform Zoom this week released an important update to its macOS app following user reports about the microphone not being disabled after ending a conference.
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