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by cameldrv 2264 days ago
It's possible to do E2E encryption even with a web client. The endpoints exchange keys, possibly with certificates that validate who is on the other end, and then the web client encrypts the stream and sends it either directly to the other endpoint or to a Zoom server, which relays it but doesn't possess the decryption key. Their statements are pretty vague, but my impression is that Zoom servers decrypt the stream and then reencrypt it. That is not end to end encryption, in fact, the specific difference between normal TLS type encryption and end to end is that the server has no ability to decrypt the traffic.
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Yes... and so what you're saying is it's possible for any web client, even one that Zoom runs, could enter into the conversation.

Wait, that's exactly how the product works...