Microthoughts

"Safety first!" makes a great soundbite. But it's a silly way to make decisions. "Safety" isn't binary - if you really put maximizing safety before anything else you'd never leave the house! You make trade offs all the time, and you'll make better ones

Humans make mistakes. Even when trying to be careful. In a good environment your long-term level of care tends to be roughly whatever is sustainable for you in that environment. If I tell you to "be more careful" it might create a temporary boost,

Zoom has suffered several well-known security issues, ranging from leaving a persistent server on your computer that turned out to be remotely exploitable, to weak encryption and authentication. You might call their security situation a weakness. I argue it highlights one of their strengths.