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Zoom has agreed to settle a lawsuit over “Zoombombing”, The New York Times reported. More specifically, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million and improve its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of its users. As you may recall, Zoom became exceeding popular when businesses turned to “work from home” and schools shifted
Zoom announced that they are rolling out support for Portal from Facebook, Amazon Echo Show, and Google Nest Hub Max. This will make interactive video meetings as easy as the touch of a button or the sound of your voice. Zoom also points out that this feature can be used to connect by video to family and friends. I can
As you may recall, earlier this month Zoom revealed that it would only enable end-to-end encryption on paid accounts. The free accounts were not going to get that protection. After public outcry (and, I suspect, loss of customers), Zoom now says it will add end-to-end encryption for all users starting in July of 2020. Since releasing the draft design of
Those of you who are using Zoom, on a free account, might want to stop doing that. According to The Next Web, Zoom calls made by people who have free accounts won't be encrypted. The end-to-end encryption is only for paid users. Bloomberg reported that Zoom's sales “soared” in the three months that ended on April 30, 2020. This happened
The world is adjusting to the “new normal” of working from home and attending online meetings. While this is happening, a nefarious group of people have decided to enter Zoom teleconferences so they can be abusive to the people who are attending it. The Department of Justice wants people to know that “Zoom-bombing” can result in fines or imprisonment. The
With everyone staying at home to avoid Covid-19, video conferencing and chat has exploded over the past two weeks as families and friends look for new ways to stay in touch. Not everyone lives in a house out of Homes and Gardens or Wallpaper, so many of the chat apps have the ability to put a virtual background in the
Zoom, the company that makes the software that so many people are using now that they have to work from home, posted A Message to Our Users. In it, Zoom Founder and CEO, Eric S. Yuan, apologizes for security failures and provides details about the things they are doing to fix the problems. Zoom starts by pointing out that usage