Zoom hires security chief as ire over its encryption climbs
The video communications app, used around the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic, has poor encryption leading to ‘zoom-bombing’
08 April 2020 - 17:48
Bengaluru — Zoom Video Communications has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and set up an advisory board to improve the privacy and security of its rapidly growing video-conferencing app amid a global backlash.
The company is facing widespread criticism from users worried about the lack of end-to-end encryption of meeting sessions and “zoom-bombing”, where uninvited guests crash into meetings...
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