[skrebbel]

That's a straw man. GP argues that Zoom's increased popularity implies increased public scrutiny. Not that the problems are OK.

There's lots and lots of insecure software that Bloomberg doesn't write about. People click on articles about software they use.

[ergothus]

I'm not following your argument.

I agree that increased scrutiny does not make the problem ok, but does reveal the problems more quickly.

But the only reason those points matter in the "Should I use Zoom?" question is if you're assuming all other products have the same flaws and just haven't been looked at. To which, I'm pretty confident they don't all share these problems, particularly but not limited to the "blatantly lied about the basic security features".

[ethbro]

> To which, I'm pretty confident [other products] don't all share these problems

I am not confident of this.

I would assume that anything that isn't actively being sold into the large enterprise market has Zoom-level problems, or worse.

[cat199]

if bloomberg broke this (not sure), they are fully known to monetarily reward market-moving stories. sources easily searchable.

If I were a writer/editor working under this policy, making a big stink about a teleconferencing company enjoying huge growth in the current covid 19 climate would be a no brainer.