Zoom is accused of being unsafe. As we had warned a few days ago, a series of technical problems and potential business decisions are causing the company's downfall. While it has grown as a foam as a result of global confinement, its use is now declining altogether. We explain What are the reasons for not using this program to make our video calls.
For these same reasons, NASA, SpaceX and Apple employees are banned from using this video call app, in addition the FBI itself recommended not using it. It is also banned in New York schools by the Chancellor of the Department of Education.
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Zoom does not use final encryption
The main reason for not using it Zoom is because it doesn't use the final encryption. For such a request to be completely secure, the dialog must first be written on the device of the data transmitter, and be defined only on the available device. In this way we ensure that it is impossible for the contact person to see the contents of the video calls.
Instead, Zoom's output works on encryption, but only on the motion layer. In other words, the conversations are encrypted, protecting yourself from potential attacker, but not from Zoom itself. But this is not only bad because the content is exposed to app users themselves, but also if a person attacks a company's servers, they will be able to retrieve those calls.
And, if that wasn't enough, governments will also have the opportunity to access this data if there is a legal need, or at least the US government. This is the main reason why Apple never transfers data from iPhones to criminals: not because they don't want to, but because they have no technological means to do so. "We recognize that we can do better with our encryption," admits the company itself.
China can access your negotiations
And, right on this, China may be exploring in-app video calls. This is because 5 out of 73 zoom services are available in China. For these servers, encryption keys are for video calls, so China may have the right to request these keys as the servers are in the Asian country.
Anyone can get into the insecure conversations of others
While it is true that Zoom provides you with the fact that people can only access your password, this is totally unnecessary and, of course, not always effective. The case is that each conversation has an access code. Once a person has decided to try his luck and produce those codes randomly until you have a password-protected dialog, he can get into it.
And although we think it may be too far away, it is actually not a big deal: Someone attended a Norwegian school video conference naked because they guessed the conversation access code. And that's not the only time it happened, because many schools in the United States have also dropped out of similar situations.
Imagine talking to your family and then suddenly someone enters the conversation. Or that you are interviewing someone who is not trained – say, a conversation with a worker – and someone surprises the members. While this is true, This can be avoided by users using passwords in conversations., although this does not always happen, as we said.
Zoom shares your data with Facebook even if you don't use a social network
Even if you don't have an account on the social network, if you use the iOS zoom app, your data can be shared with Facebook. This information includes the time when the application starts, the location and network information, and the phone operator. Based on the Motherboard research, this data will be shared to produce personalized ads. We can't find this in the app's privacy statement.
Zooming in can expose your Windows login information
If you use zoom from a Windows computer, Your access data from your computer, in addition to your email and user profile, may be disclosed by clicking on the malicious link. However, these failures are easily resolved by simply limiting the application to the routes of the route network.
In addition to this, we have identified other issues such as Zoom that will also share your LinkedIn profile according to the American New York Times, without using a strategy of your own. malware in macOS to gain administrator privileges, something that does not show anything bad, but that has nothing to do with pure wheat.
From what we see, if you're really committed to your privacy, Zoom is a terrible thing. However, the company has announced that it will not introduce any new material in the next three months, with a particular focus on repairing all of these pests.
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