Zoom video chat’s full encryption reportedly won’t be a free feature
Zoom video conferencing software is being used more and more in the corona virus pandemic.
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Zoom is working on end-to-end encryption to protect the privacy of its increasingly popular video chat service. However, the company plans to make it a premium feature that free accounts are not available. Reuters reported Friday. Alex Stamos, a zoom security advisor and former Yahoo chief security officer confirmed Reuters the plan, but said the plan could change and include exceptions such as nonprofits or political dissidents.
Zoom encrypts connections between the company’s servers and the devices of people who use the service. However, end-to-end encryption secures the connections from any device to any other device on a call. It is available in some zoom alternatives like Apple Facetime.
Zoom’s end-to-end encryption approach “is very much in the works – all of ours Draft a cryptographic draft, which was only released last week, on our ongoing discussions about which customers it would apply to, “the company said in a statement.
The company’s business has with the Coronavirus pandemic and resulting orders to stay at home that increased the demand for online work and personal video conferencing. However, the increased testing revealed several zoom security issues and the fact that an earlier one Zoom’s end-to-end encryption was unfounded.
