By now, you've heard of Zoom.
The video calling app which many workers are using to communicate with one another and their workplaces, right from the comfort of their home during this coronavirus outbreak.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom even used it, although he tweeted out the
meeting code he used by accident.
This brings us to the question: Is Zoom secure?
It's something people have put trust in while they need a temporary solution to not being in the office. It's privacy, however, is somewhat questionable.
Remember Facebook? The site that many users don't trust because of the Cambridge Analytica Scandal? Zoom has reportedly been sending data to facebook. And while this doesn't seem like much of an issue to the lay person, this is a company that was taking users data and sellling it to another company, and had it not been outed, probably still would be doing it.
The app also reportedly doesn't have End to End encrpytion. What this means is that the data sent to and from the client to the app isn't encrypted, meanign if the app was hacked many users data could be exposed. While many apps still dont have End to End Encrpytion, more and more are adopting the tech, making our communications that small bit more secure.
Well, people find it to be convenient, and as such, despite the concerns, continue to use it.
Remember when people thought Tango was going to kill Skype? Yeah, well, it didn't. It was convenient to use back then, although for some reason my call quality was always terrible.
Earlier Google banned Zoom for its employees over privacy concerns. Now Google isn't the most reputable company when it comes to privacy and data, and maybe it sees Zoom as a threat to its Google Meet app, but we can cut Google some slack since they took action while the privacy concerns have been outed, so this doesn't look too much like a way to sway its workers into using Google Meet, software that's been having connection issues since the pandemic.
Zoom is convenient for the people that use it, but for how long?
Zoom can be downloaded here.
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The video calling app which many workers are using to communicate with one another and their workplaces, right from the comfort of their home during this coronavirus outbreak.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom even used it, although he tweeted out the
meeting code he used by accident.
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| The PM and other cabinet members (Image Credit: @BorisJohnson) |
This brings us to the question: Is Zoom secure?
It's something people have put trust in while they need a temporary solution to not being in the office. It's privacy, however, is somewhat questionable.
Remember Facebook? The site that many users don't trust because of the Cambridge Analytica Scandal? Zoom has reportedly been sending data to facebook. And while this doesn't seem like much of an issue to the lay person, this is a company that was taking users data and sellling it to another company, and had it not been outed, probably still would be doing it.
The app also reportedly doesn't have End to End encrpytion. What this means is that the data sent to and from the client to the app isn't encrypted, meanign if the app was hacked many users data could be exposed. While many apps still dont have End to End Encrpytion, more and more are adopting the tech, making our communications that small bit more secure.
Well, people find it to be convenient, and as such, despite the concerns, continue to use it.
Remember when people thought Tango was going to kill Skype? Yeah, well, it didn't. It was convenient to use back then, although for some reason my call quality was always terrible.
Earlier Google banned Zoom for its employees over privacy concerns. Now Google isn't the most reputable company when it comes to privacy and data, and maybe it sees Zoom as a threat to its Google Meet app, but we can cut Google some slack since they took action while the privacy concerns have been outed, so this doesn't look too much like a way to sway its workers into using Google Meet, software that's been having connection issues since the pandemic.
Zoom is convenient for the people that use it, but for how long?
Zoom can be downloaded here.
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