<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/">https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/</a><br><br>"
In addition to promptly fixing several security issues that were 
reported, the company removed an “attendee attention tracker” feature, a
 privacy nightmare which let meeting hosts track whether participants 
had the Zoom window — or some other app’s window — in focus during a 
meeting. It has also invested in new training materials to teach users 
about the security features like setting passwords on meetings to avoid <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-during-covid-19-pandemic">Zoom-bombing</a>, the phenomenon where people disrupt unprotected Zoom meetings."<br><br></div><div>I'm glad they're fixing the faults but some of these seem like it's going to take quite a while. I'm no security expert, but some people that I know have been very concerned over these revelations during the past week. If there was no "bashing", they probably wouldn't have treated these issues as priority.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Raoul<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 11:48, Carlos Afonso <<a href="mailto:0000103799ed46a9-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">0000103799ed46a9-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing</a><br>
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On 27/03/2020 18:53, Raoul Plommer wrote:<br>
> FYI:<br>
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> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/27/trolls-zoom-privacy-settings-covid-19-lockdown" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/27/trolls-zoom-privacy-settings-covid-19-lockdown</a><br>
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