I would keep it simple and use the zoom web client and restrict as much as possible.

However, if you must have an app, they support linux. Then you can sandbox it as you would other apps on your machine.

Going into another partition might be a bit safer, but I'm not sure the privacy vs convinience tradeoff works.

Is there a reason why you didn't list "using the web client in firefox and install none of their crap on my machine" among the options you consider ?

@joel_feila
You can use the 'Firefox Multi-Account Containers' extension for Firefox and create a container for Zoom.

First, I would recommend posting this in a privacy community instead, as linux isn’t just for privacy. I don’t like to give comments correcting people without proposing a solution, so I would say just running it in your browser with uBlock Origin and maybe a random user agent switcher if zoom lets you. Also clear your cookies when you are done. If you really want full privacy then just use tor browser for it.

Edit: Also use a burner account that you create while using tor.

I would just use a private Firefox window to join via the web client. What kind of privacy intrusion are you most worried about?

Might be able to find a flatpak and use flatseal to restrict it as much as possible

You can run it on Linux through Firejail.

Just use the browser client. They try to hide it but you can click thought the small text to launch it. The browser sandbox is one of the most reliably privacy options that we have.

If you put zoom in a flatpak and tighten its permissions, it won't be able to touch the rest of your system

Install some distro on an USB stick and ruin it from there

Zoom works on Linux just fine

The zoom Linux client is crappy so if the web one does not work for you I would suggest just booting into windows and using it.

not going to school would be the best option