If you’re a free Zoom user, and waiting for the company to roll out end-to-end encryption for better protection of your calls, you’re out of luck. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan today said that the video conferencing app’s upcoming end-to-end encryption feature will be available to only paid users.įree calls won’t be encrypted, and law enforcement will be able to access your information in case of ‘misuse’ of the platform. After announcing the company’s financial results for Q1 2020, Yuan said the firm wants to keep this feature away from free users to work with law enforcement in case of the app’s misuse:įree users, for sure, we don’t want to give that. Because we also want to work it together with FBI and local law enforcement, in case some people use Zoom for bad purpose. In the past, platforms with end-to-end encryption, such as WhatsApp, have faced heavy scrutiny in many countries because they were unable to trace the origins of problematic and misleading messages. A serious flaw in Zoom ’s Keybase secure chat application left copies of images contained in secure communications on Keybase users’ computers after. Zoom likey wants to avoid being in such a position, and wants to comply with local laws to keep operating across the globe.Īlex Stamos, working as a security consultant with Zoom, said it wants to catch repeat offenders for hate speech or child exploitative content by not offering end-to-end encryption t0 free users. The acquisition comes weeks after Zoom admitted it actually wasn’t offering end-to-end encryption, as previously advertised. Zoom is dealing with some serious safety issues. So the company is tapping Keybase, which runs its own encrypted chat. When people disrupt meetings (sometimes with hate speech, CSAM, exposure to children and other illegal behaviors) that can be reported by the host. Zoom is working with law enforcement on the worst repeat offenders.
In March, The Intercept published a report stating that the company doesn’t use end-to-end encryption, despite claiming that on its website and security white paper.
The flaw in the encrypted messaging application, CVE-2021-23827 does not expose Keybase users to. Later, Zoom apologized and issued a clarification to specify it didn’t provide the feature at that time. chicksdaddy writes: The Security Ledger reports that a flaw in Zoom's Keybase secure chat application left copies of images contained in secure communications on Keybase users' computers after they were supposedly deleted, according to researchers from the security research group Sakura Samurai. Last month, the company acquired Keybase.io, an encryption-based identity service, to build its end-to-end encryption offering. Yuan said today that the company got a lot of feedback from users on encryption, and it’s working out on executing it. However, he didn’t specify a release date for the feature.Īccording to the Q1 2020 results, the company grew 169% year-on-year in terms of revenue. However, he didnt specify a release date for the ording to the Q1 2020 results, the company grew 169.
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