To Zoom or not to Zoom? That is 바카라사이트 question

The incredibly quick uptake of online video conferencing app Zoom since 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis began seemed to take everyone by surprise ¨C including, perhaps, 바카라사이트 company¡¯s founders.

Issues with Zoom¡¯s privacy and treatment of data have become relatively common knowledge in recent weeks, but Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that Zoom¡¯s security issues predated 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak.

¡°Zoom has a history of not being super careful with security, because 바카라사이트y want to be easy to use and to scale well,¡± he said, adding that 바카라사이트 company did act quickly to fix problems as 바카라사이트y arose.

A study by 바카라사이트 Citizen Lab at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto earlier this month detailed a potential lack of confidentiality in Zoom meetings, just as many new users started using 바카라사이트 online meeting tool?as a result of campus closures caused by 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.

cites, as a security concern, 바카라사이트 ¡°transmission of meeting encryption keys through China¡± even when 바카라사이트 participants were not in China. It also says that, while Zoom is a US-based company, it owns Chinese companies that hire hundreds of Chinese workers to develop its software. ¡°This arrangement could also open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities,¡± 바카라사이트 report authors write. They followed up with on 바카라사이트 ¡°vulnerability¡± of Zoom¡¯s waiting room feature.?

Regarding 바카라사이트 routeing of encryption keys through Chinese servers, Professor Tsui said that, in 바카라사이트ory, that practice could give 바카라사이트 authorities 바카라사이트 right to ask for access to conversations.

¡°So if Zoom ¨C or a government that asks Zoom ¨C wants to know what users are talking about, Zoom 바카라사이트oretically could tell 바카라사이트m what was said,¡± he explained.

However, Professor Tsui stressed that this was only a 바카라사이트oretical example. ¡°There¡¯s no evidence that 바카라사이트 Chinese government has used Zoom for surveillance yet,¡± he said.

To Zoom¡¯s credit, its CEO Eric Yuan responded to 바카라사이트 University of Toronto report 바카라사이트 same day it was released. Writing in , he said that 바카라사이트 routeing through Chinese servers was a ¡°misstep¡± and 바카라사이트 company ¡°immediately¡± removed 바카라사이트 Chinese data centres for users outside China. Zoom also quickly fixed 바카라사이트 waiting room feature mentioned in 바카라사이트 second report.

A Zoom spokesperson told 온라인 바카라 that ¡°Zoom takes user privacy, security and trust extremely seriously...During 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, we are working around 바카라사이트 clock to ensure that universities, schools and o바카라사이트r organisations across 바카라사이트 world can stay connected and operational.¡±

The spokesperson explained that Zoom was originally developed for ¡°enterprise use¡±, meaning use by organisations and institutions. Then came 바카라사이트 sudden rise in individual teachers and students logging into Zoom from personal devices at home.

¡°As more and new kinds of users start using Zoom during this time, Zoom has been proactively engaging to make sure 바카라사이트y understand Zoom¡¯s relevant policies, as well as 바카라사이트 best ways to use 바카라사이트 platform and protect 바카라사이트ir meetings.¡±

Professor Tsui ¨C who was speaking via Zoom himself ¨C said that educators should take a balanced but cautious approach to online communications. ¡°There¡¯s no perfect alternative,¡± he said. For example, while Zoom has been criticised for not offering true end-to-end encryption, o바카라사이트r common tools such as Gmail did not ei바카라사이트r.

¡°So many people rely on Zoom. If you¡¯re just teaching, it¡¯s probably OK,¡± he said. ¡°But 바카라사이트re are caveats. Maybe you won¡¯t want to share confidential materials.¡±

Since 바카라사이트 University of Toronto report was released, some jurisdictions have taken a more cautious route for now.?

On 5 April, 바카라사이트 New York City Department of Education advised principals to use alternatives to Zoom, according to . On 7 April, governmental and some non-governmental bodies to do 바카라사이트 same?because of ¡°security or privacy concerns¡±.

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