Zoom Video Calling Platform

[Bapun]

Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China, the video conferencing platform has offered an apology and a partial explanation.

Zoom admits some calls were ‘mistakenly’ routed through China – TechCrunch

 

[Bapun]

• A security expert found 15,000 of these videos during one online search
• Names and phone numbers and one-on-one therapy sessions were found
• School children in virtual classrooms and business financial info were also seen
• The videos were recorded via Zoom and saved without a password
• Zoom has been under increasing scrutiny as more Americans flock to the platform amid coronavirus social distancing and lockdowns
• 200million people used Zoom in March, but only 10million did in December 2018

Financial info, therapy sessions among Zoom call videos found online

 

[Bapun]

Interoperability is the solution to the Zoom fiasco

 

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Update on Zoom's 90-Day Plan to Bolster Key Privacy and Security Initiatives - Zoom Blog

 

[Optimus_Prime]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250717092208431105

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1250740683981258752

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[Detective Conan]

Why govt didn't issued this guidelines earlier , even some universities or colleges are using zoom for teaching purpose

 

[Bapun]

Dropbox privately paid top hackers to find bugs in software by the videoconferencing company Zoom, then pressed it to fix them.

Zoom’s Security Woes Were No Secret to Business Partners Like Dropbox

 

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Zoom Daily Users Surge to 300 Million Despite Privacy Woes

 

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UK government told not to use Zoom because of China fears