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#1 ·
I am reading reports about Zoom being unsafe as a conferencing app that is widely being used now during Covid-19. Comments appreciated.
 
#3 ·
Zoom is the new fad for video conferencing. Unfortunately it took off too fast to enable proper security. Many holes. Microsoft teams is what business could use as a safer alternative.
 
#4 ·
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#7 ·
Zoom can be used carefully to avoid most of the security issues. I have two accounts on Zoom: A free one that is restricted to under 40 minute sessions (for $15 you can upgrade to a Commercial - unlimited duration for one month) and a full educational license from my university. It is a well designed and effective video conferencing service that I have used to support on-line students in my classes for several years.
 
#8 ·
Yes, Zoom can be hack-o-licious. In Berkeley, CA a public school class was interrupted by an adult male exposing himself to the entire class. So depending on who is trying to get "in" you can have an experience that ranges from absolute perfection, to "holy crap, you just can't underestimate how vulgar people can be." A college class was interrupted on Zoom with a hacker calling people names and just generally disrupting the class. You have to believe, this crap has to be pretty short lived though... I mean once you insult 1 person, it starts to get old real quick. Use it. or don't, your choice. Most conferences will be people chatting about their own stuff that couldn't possibly be interesting or important to someone else.
 
#9 · (Edited by Moderator)
Zoom had roughly 10 million subscribers before the lock-down.

Then this pandemic caused Zoom to face a sudden incredible surge to about 200 million subscribers, or more.
The security hole they had is that trolls could join other people's meeting and cause disturbances and disruptions.
Zoom claims that they have made numerous security patches to that problem, as well as other potential security holes.
I know multiple people who are using it with no issues.


I believe that the "hooligans' invasion of other people's meetings" is a thing of the past now.
 
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#17 ·
Hi everyone!
I am subscribed to a lot of security-related channels and not long ago almost every day I saw news about security fails made by Zoom developers in all of those channels :) 2 days ago it turned out that Zoom allows to bruteforce the password with no restrictions. Everyone makes mistakes but that is too much in my opinion. Mozilla specialists examined Zoom and they also came to conclusion that the app is unsafe and did not recommend to use it. For video call I prefer Facetime or Discord. It seems that Zoom developers don't know even the most simple things about security. It is shocking taking into account the number of Zoom users.
to add: It wasn't a matter of choice at the time, it was what our school district was using to connect our kids while out of school.
 
#19 ·
Agree with Brian, this whole Zoom thing is exaggerated, nothing that any other App or any other Conf/Meeting App has not had in the past.

There were a lot of Security issues that they had not considered while releasing the App, they're fixing bugs as they move forward so should be ok.. No need for the general public to Panic as such on this..They had a huge User Volume spike in a very short time period so they might be short staffed and might not have anticipated the issues... IMO as long as a Vendor take feedback and works on a bug fix with the next release, you're good.

If you want reliable and stable stuff, go with Teams, or Skype or Webex some of the known names... They might not all be free...
 
#20 ·
Hey there,

Even I am a bit skeptical about Zoom, since they have drastically grown over a short period of time. They are naturally bound to have security issues, and I also feel that it can be hacked easily. It is for these security-related flaws that I highly recommend people not to use Zoom, especially for sensitive or confidential communication.
 
#23 ·
I think a good VPN can help you cover a lot of things related to privacy. Also, it'd be better if you get a dedicated IP to go along with the vpn. There are many VPN providers that are selling those, but I would suggest you to get it from a renowned one which a great support chat so that they can help you and direct you in the right direction. I would have said Express but last I checked they don't offer static/dedicated IPs and hence the reason I had to move away from them.

So, whatever the service you go for (IF you go for a dedicated IP VPN), do gauge the number of features and services the vpn will be giving and then make a decision that is best for yourself. This is all just my opinion and you can disagree with it. Similarly, if you agree then you can take a look these.

 
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