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by sergiotapia 2005 days ago
I will speak with other leaders at my company to move us away from Zoom for conferencing. If you're a leader how can you read this and not only tolerate it, but pay for it? This is it.
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I moved away early this year due to its poor track record on security: 2019 - Report of the Zoom app's malware like behaviour-using a hidden web server to enable Zoom much more capabilities than simply launching a zoom call like re-installing the Zoom software[1]

2020-Tricking its users during installation pretending the OS is requiring password[2]

In general, playing fast and loose with its users' data-sending a conference en(de)cryption key between two users in Canada/US to an ip address in Beijing.[3]

[1]https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/zoom-zero-day-4-million-... [2]https://twitter.com/c1truz_/status/1244737672930824193 [3]https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto...

If I changed companies every time a fired employee did something shady, then there wouldn’t be many companies I can choose from.

Besides, Zoom works really well, and if I propose a change, then I have to own that change and any future problems become my problem.

Unless you are the boss, it’s easier to maintain the status quo.

What is "it"? This is an allegation. Under an administration with a highly motivated agenda. Could be true, or could be completely fabricated/exaggerated like all the national security allegations this administration has thrown about.
> This is an allegation

I feel dismissing a case that the DOJ is briefing for and that the FBI has added the perpetrator to Most Wanted for as “an allegation” is true in a strict legal sense, but the burden of proof for a commercial decision has been unequivocally reached here

The DOJ does not share the agenda of the administration.

Do you think the US should not have an administration that is highly motivated to root out CCP operatives?