Here’s a primer on some of the notable privacy and security lapses and how to keep your calls and data safe. If you’re among the tens of millions of people who have become regular Zoom users in recent weeks, you may be wondering what all this means for you. Senate and New York City’s school district have enacted similar restrictions. Security researchers released report after report on newly discovered vulnerabilities including leaked emails and bugs that might have allowed hackers to access webcams.Įarlier this month, Google warned employees not to use Zoom’s desktop application on their work computers “due to privacy and security vulnerabilities.” SpaceX, the U.S. Trolls have crashed meetings, flashing porn or racist slurs on screens.

With the number of daily users exploding from 10 million to 200 million from December to March, it has become a forum for nearly every kind of social function,including happy hours, yoga sessions, school classes, funeral services as well as Passover, Easter and (soon) Ramadan rituals.īut no sooner had many tried Zoom for the first time than they began to hear reasons they might want to stay away. Zoom, a videoconferencing service created for corporate webinars and meetings, has grown into something more amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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