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Looks like a good update and they're moving in the right direction. I think this should fix the main issues people have had with them (at least the most public

Looks like a good update and they're moving in the right direction. I think this should fix the main issues people have had with them (at least the most public problem with 'zoom bombing'). There's not much they can do about having all their development in China, but at least their focus on security otherwise seems to be paying off. ### Quick Feature Summary: - Mandatory GCM encryption requires Zoom clients to upgrade to 5.0 by May 30th [0] - Hosts can prevent screenshare, chat, user renaming - Hosts can report users to Zoom’s Trust & Safety team, who will review any potential misuse of the platform and take appropriate action. - All hosts may now turn on the Waiting Rooms while their meeting is already in progress. - Lock your meeting after everyone has arrived to prevent any unwanted disruptions. - The host may remove a participant and they will be unable to re-enter the meeting. - Waiting Room enabled by default - Complex Meeting IDs - Meeting passwords are now more complex and enabled by default - Meeting Registration and Authentication (require email registration/restrict meetings to preset profiles) - All cloud recordings are encrypted with complex passwords on by default. - Audio Watermarks/Screen Share Watermark (help prevent leaks) - Message Preview Options (Users can now enable Zoom Chat notifications to not show chat content while screen sharing.) - Host or account admin can disable the ability for participants to show their profile picture or change it in a meeting. - Hosts can now select which data center regions they would like their in-meeting traffic to use when scheduling a meeting, and participants can see which data center they are connected to by clicking on the info icon at the top left of the client window. - Zoom 5.0 supports a new data structure for larger organizations, allowing them to link contacts across multiple accounts so people can easily and securely search and find meetings, chat, and phone contacts. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode

beefee 7y ago
> There's not much they can do about having all their development in China, but at least their focus on security otherwise seems to be paying off. They could start moving their development to the US. There are plenty of successful software companies in the US. There's a good ecosystem, a huge amount of talent, and tons of enthusiasm about their problem space. What they can't do anything about is the trust they lost by misleading their customers about their security model.
- thedudeabides5 7y ago
  Dev team is different than actual server location. Anyone know if they still passing non China video data through mainland China server? Unclear from this.
  - moltar 7y ago
    They aren’t. They fixed that almost immediately. They said it was just a mis configuration.
- ToFab123 7y ago
  > There are plenty of successful software companies in the US. There's a good ecosystem, a huge amount of talent, and tons of enthusiasm about their problem space. The same you could say about China. What benefits would they gain by moving development to the US?

beefee 7y ago

> There's not much they can do about having all their development in China, but at least their focus on security otherwise seems to be paying off. They could start moving their development to the US. There are plenty of successful software companies in the US. There's a good ecosystem, a huge amount of talent, and tons of enthusiasm about their problem space. What they can't do anything about is the trust they lost by misleading their customers about their security model.

thedudeabides5 7y ago
Dev team is different than actual server location. Anyone know if they still passing non China video data through mainland China server? Unclear from this.
- moltar 7y ago
  They aren’t. They fixed that almost immediately. They said it was just a mis configuration.
ToFab123 7y ago
> There are plenty of successful software companies in the US. There's a good ecosystem, a huge amount of talent, and tons of enthusiasm about their problem space. The same you could say about China. What benefits would they gain by moving development to the US?