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		nebulous1 on May 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zoom Acquires Keybase Do you have a reference for this? Were they confirmed to be sending the info to the server? I would note that it wouldn't be uncommon for a program like zoom to have the relevant api calls in it to allow the user share a specific app with the conference call.

zamalek on May 8, 2020 [–]

Yes. https://www.howtogeek.com/664624/does-zoom-really-monitor-wh...

anikdas on May 8, 2020 | [–]

This article does not say if Zoom tracks the other running application in your PC. It just detects whether the Zoom application is in focus.

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