Zoom Video Communications updates
Zoom Video will soon offer full encryption for all versions
of its video meeting app, preventing the conversations from being intercepted
by hackers.
The technology company said earlier this month that it only
wants to fully protect the paid version of the meeting program. That led to
sharp criticism from privacy activists and US Congressmen.
Encryption encrypts information and intermediate
communication between two users of an app. Previously, Zoom only partially
shielded communications across its platforms, from the user to the company's
servers.
Zoom will encrypt all video meetings
Zoom, which became very popular due to lockdown measures in
a short time, previously announced that it would fully encrypt conversations.
CEO Eric Yuan made the side note that this would not apply to his free
versions, which most people use. According to Zoom, the FBI and other law
enforcement officials, among others, could draw on unencrypted information to
identify people who have abused the service.
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