Zoom app update aims to counter criticism of its privacy practices |Tech.News1143

Zoom app update aims to counter criticism of its privacy practices

 

Zoom app update aims to counter criticism of its privacy practices |Tech.News1143

Zoom has made sort of changes to its video conferencing platform focused around privacy and security after receiving criticism in its practices of recent weeks.

As a neighborhood of its 5.0 update, the firm said it had been adding support for AES 256-bit GCM encryption which may provide increased protection for meeting data and resistance against tampering.

It also features a clearer security icon to access the safety settings, a tool to report users and new password controls.

The video conferencing app, which has exploded in popularity since global lockdowns were imposed within the face of the coronavirus pandemic, has been under increased scrutiny in recent weeks. the quantity of normal users increased around 10 million to over 200 million as people attempted to work and study from home also as stay in-tuned with friends and family.

It has been blamed for inadvertently leaking users’ personal information to other users and allowing hackers to steal users’ Windows login credentials.

It was even hit with a category action lawsuit in California for failing to safeguard its users’ personal information.

“We will earn our customers’ trust and deliver them happiness with our unwavering specialize in providing the foremost secure platform,” said Zoom CEO Eric S Yuan.

A number of the features had been previously confirmed by the company after it pledged at the beginning of April to stop all development to specialize in improving security measures .
“We take of a holistic view of our users’ privacy and our platform’s security,” said Zoom chief product officer Oded Gal.

“From our network to our feature set to our user experience, everything is being put through rigorous scrutiny.

“On the buttocks , AES 256-bit GCM encryption will raise the bar for securing our users’ data in transit.

“On the front , I’m most excited about the security icon within the meeting menu bar. This takes our security measures , existing and new, and puts them front and centre for our meeting hosts.

“With many new users, this might confirm they have instant access to big security controls in their meetings.”

Cyber-security expert Jonathan Knudsen, senior security strategist at Synopsys, said that although Zoom’s update still didn't offer full end-to-end encryption as defined by industry experts, security within the app had undoubtedly improve.

“In Zoom 5.0, the encryption algorithm has been strengthened, but this still doesn't change the basic architecture in Zoom, which does not fully implement end-to-end encryption,” he said.

“At the same time, given the recent intense scrutiny in Zoom’s infrastructure, the new changes in version 5.0 represent a renewed commitment to helping users safeguard confidentiality.”