Zoom Slithers Around Like The Corporate Snake It Is

Oh, look who we’ve got here — it’s Zoom, striving for the ‘Most Sneaky Corporation’ title, once again throwing customer privacy under the bus. In a move that would only stun those who’ve been living under a rock with no Wi-Fi, these surveillance gurus quietly altered their Terms of Service (TOS) back in March — leveraging AI to make money off their unsuspecting users.

Future Implications: Zoom, the Shady Fortune Teller

Considering the implications, it’s like we’re featuring in some dystopian sci-fi movie, where corporations harvest our data to know everything about us. Changes in Zoom’s TOS involve AI, and it’s not hard to guess that they’re not using it to predict next week’s lottery numbers. No, we’re flirting with seriously escalated issues of customer privacy here. If the newfound trust breach weren’t pathetic enough, we now have to contend with zoom possibly using AI to analyze our video chats and meetings — because, you see, our life is their business.

Hot Take: Exploitative Zoom is as Trustworthy as a Rattlesnake in a Sleeping Bag

Predictably, Zoom’s being slaughtered in the court of public opinion, but hey, why should they care as long as they’re raking in the money by violating your privacy? This would have been pathetic if it wasn’t so damn dangerous. Let’s call this what it really is – a giant middle finger to all of us from the pompous, corporate overlords. It’s a slap in the face to anyone who thought Zoom gave two hoots about them. So let’s not mince words – as it stands, Zoom has the trustworthiness of a rattlesnake in a sleeping bag. Good luck with that, folks.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/freedom-of-choice-how-recent-zoom-ai-policy-changes-betrayed-consumer-trust/