With the pandemic, the Zoom video call platform has become one of the most popular all over the world, despite there being other solutions equal to or more valid than this one. However, he never strays far enough from controversy.
According to various users of macOS Monterey, the application keeps the microphone on after the meeting is over, being to close the application, the only method for the application to stop using the microphone.
Unfortunately this problem is not new. In late 2021, some Zoom users running macOS Monterey took to the Zoom forums and Reddit, reporting that the orange microphone access indicator it does not turn off once the meeting has ended.
Last December, Zoom released an update solving this problem, as detailed in the update notes. However, it was not until the latest update that was released in January that this issue was fixed for most, but not all, users.
User complaints have reappeared in the application forums. Some users claim that the company is aware of this issue and is using it to create a background noise cancellation model for each user's environment.
This is not the first time that users of this platform have experienced security problems with Zoom. From the beginning it was widely criticized lack of encryption and your security and data collection policies, forcing many companies and governments to do without the application.
Since then, Zoom has added end-to-end encryption and adopted much more transparent measures. With this new security issue, once again skepticism surrounds the app. At the moment, if you are among the users that suffer from this problem, the only solution is to close the application when you end a meeting.