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2020-07-16 Science & Technology
Israeli researchers discover, fix Zoom vulnerability
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 08:13|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top

#1 Best way to secure Zoom, is simply not to use this spyware.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-16 11:07||   2020-07-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Agreed, or any software made in China...
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-07-16 11:24||   2020-07-16 11:24|| Front Page Top

#3 discovered and fixed a previously unknown program vulnerability

Sounds like either a design flaw or a built-in backdoor.

"And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids Juices!"

The media has tried to position Zoom Video as an American company because it is located in San Jose, but the founder, Eric Yuan, was born and educated in Communist China and came to the US in 1997. According to le Wik:
"A large part of Zoom's workforce is based in China, which has given rise to surveillance and censorship concerns",
and
"Zoom's product development team is largely based in China, where an average entry-level tech salary is one-third of American salaries, which is a key driver of its profitability"

Maybe I'm paranoid, but anything associated with mainland China nowadays is suspicious from the get-go.
Posted by SteveS 2020-07-16 14:09||   2020-07-16 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 A long list of Zoom security and privacy issues at Tom's Guide
Posted by SteveS 2020-07-16 14:15||   2020-07-16 14:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, IDF has a whole unit whose sole job is to find back-doors in the computerized weapons we buy. Betcha this is where these guys served.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 14:16||   2020-07-16 14:16|| Front Page Top

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