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Maybe I am missing the point but what is the problem here? is there some major security flaw in zoom?
by whoomp12342 5y ago
Maybe I am missing the point but what is the problem here? is there some major security flaw in zoom?
- mishafb 5y agoZoom is not end to end encrypted at all, and they can see every video stream. Also their clients had vulnerabilities in the past.
- whoomp12342 5y agofalse. if you configure zoom correctly, it is infact encrypted.
- djrogers 5y agoFor one thing, zoom does have E2EE (https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-enable-zoom-encryption/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-enable-zoom-encryption/) and secondly - if we're talking about public meetings (like city council meetings) why would it matter?
- swiley 5y agoE2EE means just about nothing without open source clients.
- howaboutnope 5y agoWell, for one, this happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25474372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25474372
- dredmorbius 5y ago"This" being "Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemorating Tiananmen Square".
- shakna 5y agoZoom has had several major security flaws [0]. (Arbitrary execution, installers with malware in them, and so on.) Executives charged with coordinating attacks against citizens outside China, on behalf of the PRC. [1] They recently settled a class action for lying about having E2E encryption. [2] [0] https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=2159&product_id=0 https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=... [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/china-based-executive-us-telecommunications-company-charged-disrupting-video-meetings https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/china-based-executive-us-tele... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58050391 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58050391