Why Does Zoom Encrypt Only Paid Members' Calls?
Eric Yuan, CEO of the Zoom platform, which has reached a large user base especially after the coronavirus outbreak, said in his statement on Tuesday…
Eric Yuan, CEO of the Zoom platform, which has reached a large user base especially after the coronavirus outbreak, said in his statement on Tuesday…
Reaching a very large user base, especially after the coronavirus outbreak. Eric Yuan, CEO of the Zoom platformannounced on Tuesday that it will offer end-to-end encryption service to its customers using the paid version of the popular video calling software, which has millions of users. of this app for paying users only Stating that it is valid, the CEO of Zoom said that they want to work with the FBI and said that free users cannot benefit from it.
Popular last Tuesday video conferencing platform As you know, Yuan, who shared Zoom's first quarter revenue of 2020, was the target of criticism regarding privacy and security earlier this year. Chief among these criticisms was the end-to-end encryption feature that based the privacy and security of users' data. In fact, the company once stated that it had activated this service for all its users, and later apologized to all users for providing false information for something it did not actually do.
End-to-end encryption will be available to paid members only:
Recently realizing the importance and seriousness of this issue, the company's officials took a step towards this issue through the encryption and security service Keybase, with which they signed an agreement last month. As a result of the acquisition, Yuan officially announced on Tuesday that end-to-end encryption will be offered to users with paid memberships. However, the CEO of the popular video conferencing platform, FBI And with local law enforcement They use this feature because they want to contribute to public order by working together. will not offer it to members using the free version he said.
Yuan showed that some people could use the platform for malicious purposes as the reason. These statements made by the CEO of the popular video calling platform It was reacted by many people. Many users even warned their followers and close circle not to use the platform anymore.
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