it sounds like you don’t wanna talk to anybody, and nobody wants to talk to you.

You can run zoom in the browser. At least you could some years ago. Encryption is relevant depending on what you're doing but not everything needs to be super secret. A common practice is to email or use secure file shares while on the call to maintain that security.

Do you recall back in the day when zoom used to Root kit your computer?

How much time did it take to write this rather than Google "join zoom in browser"?

Reminds me of the saying "Pessimists are often right. Optimists are often rich."

If you’re joining a zoom call but don’t enable the camera and only maybe plug in a usb mic - just don’t join?