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Video conferencing and collaboration software.
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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by security coverage, with 2 in the last 30 days. Confidence 32%.
Evidence (2)
- 2Hacker News·9/25/2026researchAlan Kay accidentally demonstrates Shannon's noisy-channel theory live
During a live online talk, Alan Kay’s audio was inadvertently looped back to him through Zoom and the stream with significant delay, creating an improvised feedback effect. The incident highlighted Claude Shannon’s noisy-channel coding theorem and how modern conferencing systems handle delay, compression, and dropouts.
- 7Hacker News·9/12/2026securityZoom Linux client reportedly reads X11 clipboard contents proactively
A Hacker News post highlights a report that the Zoom Linux client is proactively reading everything written to the X11 clipboard. The behavior raised privacy concerns because clipboard contents can include sensitive text copied by users across applications.