[technology taskforce] The Intercept : Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Yes - and he was congratulated about this.
https://www.grahamcluley.com/uk-cabinet-zoom-meeting/
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/31/boris-johnson-sparks-security-concerns-revealing-zoom-id-cabinet-meeting-12489236/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-government-zoom-despite-mod/

Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 01/04/2020 02:05, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
> Apparently Boris Johnson didn’t get that memo, hosting a “digital
> cabinet” meeting with zoom id  : 
> https://twitter.com/borisjohnson/status/1244985949534199808?s=21
>
> Dev Anand 
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 6:20 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> wrote:
>
>     It is worth noting that last week the UK Govt. has issued a note
>     to its departments not to use Zoom because of these security
>     issues - as often Government business is confidential. Companies
>     are also advised that confidential business should not take place
>     on Zoom. The problem is of all the remote participation software
>     out there, Zoom's got the best usability/price ratio. Or is there
>     something that's better than Zoom?
>     Kindest regards,
>
>     Olivier
>
>     ps. I guess that ICANN work being, for the most, completely open,
>     it doesn't matter if Zoom is not encrypted for our community's use
>     of this resource
>
>     On 31/03/2020 20:28, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>>
>>     Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid
>>     the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption,
>>     widely understood as the most private form of internet
>>     communication, protecting conversations from all outside parties.
>>     In fact, Zoom is using its own definition of the term, one that
>>     lets Zoom itself access unencrypted video and audio from meetings.
>>
>>
>>     https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/
>>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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