5 reasons for these reasons to stop using zoom as a video calling app
Zoom is accused of not being safe. As we warned you there a few days later, a series of technical problems associated with probably bad business decisions crashed the company. While it had grown like moss due to lockdowns all over the planet, now its use is on complete decline. We explain to you what are the reasons why not to use this application to make our video calls.
For these same reasons, il is prohibited for employees of the NASA, SpaceX and Apple to use this video calling app, in addition to the fact that the FBI itself recommended not to use it. It was also banned in New York colleges by the Chancellor of the Ministry of Education.
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Zoom does not use end-to-end encryption
The main reason not to use Zoom is that it does not use end-to-end encryption. For such an application to be completely secure, the conversation must first be encrypted on the device of the user sending the data, and decrypted only on the receiving device. In this way, we make sure that it is impossible for a person who intercepts the communications to see the content of the video calls.
Zoom, on the other hand, applies encryption but only at the transport layer. In other words, conversations are encrypted, protecting them from a potential attacker, but not from Zoom itself. But this is not only bad because the content is exposed to the app's own employees, but also if someone attacked the company's servers, they would also have access to these calls.
And, if that wasn't enough, the governments would also be able to access this data if there was a legal obligation, or at least the US government. This is the main reason why Apple never cedes data from criminals' iPhones: not because it doesn't want to, but because it doesn't have the technical means to do so. "We recognize that we can do better with our encryption design," recognize the company itself.
China could access your conversations
And, precisely because of this, the China could monitor video calls made through the app. Indeed, 5 of the 73 Zoom servers are located in China. Encryption keys for video calls are generated on these servers, the China would therefore have the right to request these keys since the servers are located in the Asian country.
Anyone can enter other people's unprotected conversations
While it is true that Zoom gives you the option that people can only enter your conversation using a password, this is not completely necessary and also, it is not feasible in all occasions. The point is that every cat has an access code. If someone decides to take a chance and generate these codes at random until it finds a cat that was not password protected, it could grab it.
And although the possibility is thought to be very remote, in reality it is not that far: someone is walked naked in the videoconference of a Norwegian school thanks to the fact that he guessed the access code of the cat. And this is not the only time that has happened, as many schools in the United States have also been withdrawn due to similar situations.
Imagine that you are talking to your family and suddenly someone enters the chat. Or that you have a professional conversation - say, a job interview - and someone surprises the members. Although this is true, this can be avoided by applying a password to chats, although this is not always possible, as we have said.
Zoom shares your data with Facebook even if you are not using the social network
Even if you don't have a social network account, if you are using the Zoom app for iOS, your data can be shared with Facebook. This data includes the application start time, device and location information, and the telephone company. According to Motherboard research, this data would be shared for the purpose of generating personalized advertisements. We can't find it even in the app's privacy statement.
Zoom may reveal your Windows login information
If you are using Zoom from a Windows computer, access data to your computer , as well as your e-mail address and user photo, cannot be revealed that by clicking on a malicious link. However, this flaw is easily fixed by simply restricting the application to route network routes.
In addition to that, we found other issues such as Zoom would also share your LinkedIn profile according to US media The New York Times, in addition to using his own trick to malware in macOS for get administrator privileges, which it does in itself. does not indicate anything bad, but that it is not clean wheat.
From what we are seeing, if you are truly committed to your privacy, Zoom is a nightmare. However, the company announced that she wouldn't be launching any new features in the next three months, focusing on fixing all of those bugs.
