Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings

A web extension that redirects meetings to the web client.
What is Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings?
'Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings' is an add-on for the Edge browser. It aims to enhance user experience and safety by automatically redirecting Zoom meeting pages to the web client version. No more need to click 'Join From your Browser' each time. This tool works by altering the URL to directly load the meeting join page. It is designed to leverage the protections that web-browsers offer against malicious attacks and unauthorized access, making it a secure choice over the desktop app. And importantly, it does NOT collect any user data.

Add-on stats

Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 4.0.0 (Last updated: 2023-10-03)
Creation date: 2022-02-15
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*.zoom.us/*
  • *://*.zoomgov.com/*
Size: 103.36K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings (v4.0.0)
5.00 (2) N/A
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Add-on summary

This web extension make possible to automatically redirect zoom meeting page to the web client one without the need to click "Join from Your Browser" every time. This browser addon works by replacing a portion of the url with "/wc/join" so that it loads the meeting joining page. For example https://zoom.us/j/0123456789 would be converted to https://zoom.us/wc/join/0123456789. The web client is preferable over the desktop app because of the restriction that web browsers places on web pages, protecting your computer against malicious attacks and unauthorized access of your machine.

Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings does NOT collect any data of any kind.

This software is released under the terms of the GPL-3.0 License.

Source code: https://github.com/EdoardoTosin/Silly-Redirect-for-Zoom-Meetings

User reviews

Using zoom web portal to teach, it is convenient that I don't need to click join from web every time
by Chris, 2021-09-02
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Silly Redirect for Zoom Meetings has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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