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by marcinzm 2036 days ago
>Alternatively the hacker could've written a browser extension, I doubt those have adequate protection...

I'd bet a lot fewer people install browser extensions than install Zoom. Security isn't about absolute protection but about making things ever more difficult to exploit.

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Hedge fund managers and high schoolers/teachers might have slightly different security training, but judging by the number of rubbish extensions and sites with notification permissions that I clear out of Chrome, there are definitely people out there indiscriminately installing browser extensions!