Zoom says free users won't get end-to-end encryption so FBI and police can access calls:
Video calling company Zoom confirmed this week that it won't enable end-to-end encryption for free calls in part because it wants to give law enforcement access to these calls if necessary. "We think this feature should be a part of our offering" for professional customers, said Zoom CEO Eric Yuan in a meeting with investors Tuesday. "Free users — for sure we don't want to give [them] that, because we also want to work together with the FBI, with local law enforcement, in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose."
Encryption is a key issue for Zoom, which has been attempting to beef up its privacy and security after heavy usage exposed weak points during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reuters reported last week that the company will only roll out high-security end-to-end encryption to paying customers, potentially with exceptions for dissident groups or nonprofits that require the added security.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday June 07 2020, @06:08PM (3 children)
By its very nature, the NSA knows all the details of the protocol.
If they need to in order to get at it, absolutely, and by all appearances they've had the tools to do that for a long time.
Also, if all else fails, they have the $5 wrench option [xkcd.com].
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday June 07 2020, @07:18PM (2 children)
So now we need a seven dollar wrench to defend ourselves
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by NickM on Sunday June 07 2020, @09:43PM (1 child)
It's a waste to use a seven dollars wrench against a five dollars wrench
The right tool is a fifty-six dollars screw [bigbolts.com]
I a master of typographic, grammatical and miscellaneous errors !
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @01:32PM
Man, at that price you'd think they could do better than
finish: plain