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04/03/2020
Zoom promises to improve its security and privacy as usage (and concern) soars
The State of Security
What’s happened?
Well, Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) happened.
Okay, smart alec. I know about that. What else is going on?
Well, because so many people are (wisely) staying at home, they’re using videoconferencing and chat technology like Zoom to keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.
In fact, Zoom says that daily usage has soared from approximately 10 million daily meeting participants in December 2019 to over 200 million today.
Zoom must be pleased.
I’m sure they are. Dealing with those kind of new user problems are the kind of problems you want to have, right? But massive increase in the service’s usage has also meant an increase in the number of security researchers taking a closer interest in Zoom.
And they’ve found problems?
Yes. And it’s not as if Zoom has a spotless record when it comes to privacy and security.
For instance, back in January, Zoom patched a bug that could have allowed an attacker to find and join active meetings.
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