Zoom has caught a lot of (deserving) flack for its insecurity, which inaugurated the pandemic with an epidemic of "zoombombing" by trolls. Things got worse when we learned that the company had lied about its encryption.
theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoo…
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But since then, the company has made great strides in improving its security, including adding real, end-to-end encryption to its meetings (for paid customers). This means that no one, not even Zoom itself, can spy on those meetings without an invitation.
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But when it comes to UNPAID meetings, there is no such privacy. The company can spy on everything you do in those meetings. When asked to explain this discrepancy, Zoom CEO (and newly minted billionaire) Eric Yuan was refreshingly frank.
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"Free users for sure we don’t want to give that because we also want to work together with FBI, with local law enforcement in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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That is, Zoom wants to ensure that the same law enforcement agencies that are brutalizing American protesters can spy on them while they plan their protests. There's no legal requirement for this.
It's just Zoom, taking a side.
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It's just Zoom, taking a side.
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