2026-09-13 / Signal #3
Your Zoom meeting is now reading everything you copy
“Zoom just started reading your clipboard. All of it. The moment you copy anything.”
The Story
A Linux developer noticed that a Zoom client update started immediately pasting (and therefore reading) everything written to the system clipboard—passwords, one-shot secrets, anything. No obvious opt-out. Similar behavior was previously caught in Slack, but only on window focus.
Why It Matters
Everyday software quietly became a clipboard vampire. Privacy, identity, and internet culture: the meeting app is now a silent intern who reads your secrets. Perfect for builders who live in terminals and password managers.
Evidence
Simon Tatham’s detailed technical post (Hachyderm/Mastodon) and Lobsters/HN discussion, Sept 12. Linux Zoom 7.1.5 now proactively requests the entire X11 CLIPBOARD on every change.
Sources
Daily scan: 2026-09-13