To anyone who likes to argue Zoom is a US company, I'm sorry but that argument holds no water for me after this [1]: > The statement raises questions about Zoo

To anyone who likes to argue Zoom is a US company, I'm sorry but that argument holds no water for me after this [1]: > The statement raises questions about Zoom bowing to Chinese pressure. Unlike many Western social media platforms, it is not blocked in China. The company did not explain under what law the meetings – which were hosted outside mainland China – were deemed to be illegal. For meetings outside of China where the Chinese government should have no jurisdiction, Zoom choose to cooperate. Some obvious follow-up questions: 1. Where will the keys be stored? On servers in China or elsewhere? Will it depend on where the account holders are? Or are the private keys truly local? 2. What safeguards are in place to prevent further "cooperation" with Beijing in relation to supposedly encrypted traffic? 3. Zoom is not blocked in China, which is pretty rare for a supposedly US-based company. What concessions did they make to get this exemption? 4. Under what circumstances will any of your data be stored in, routed through or otherwise be accessible in mainland China? Given China's philosophy that Chinese companies are nothing more than extensions of the state, these are entirely reasonable questions to ask. Were I the decision maker for any large company or government organization, I personally would consider use of Zoom to be too much of a security risk. And I don't think that's the slightest bit alarmist. [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/zoom-admits-cutting-off-activists-accounts-in-obedience-to-china https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/zoom-admits-cu...