Zoom Ios App Sends Data To Facebook
Over the weekend zoom said it had removed the code that sends data from the ios app to facebook.
Zoom ios app sends data to facebook. For those unaware zoom recently has seen a sudden surge in popularity and usage as people are forced to work from home amidst the coronavirus covid 19 pandemic. However it is now being reported that zoom for ios sends analytics data to facebook s servers which could turn out to be a privacy issue. When the news about the potential user privacy surfaced zoom was quick to issue a statement that read.
Zoom a video conferencing app on friday issued an update to its ios app to remove the sdk software development kits that was sending a certain section of data to facebook. The company said in a statement that information sent to the social network. Despite the advantages the app is a concern because it was apparently sending user data and information to facebook.
As of today zoom has updated its ios app to remove the sdk that was providing data to facebook through the login with facebook feature according to motherboard the site that first discovered.