In just one week, the application for organizing webinarsZoomhas scared away many professional customers. And for good reason: this one isaccused of having transmitted personal data to Facebook, not to mention that its encryption process would ultimately not be as effective as announced. So many potential offenses which seem to have alerted certain states across the Atlantic.
According toCBS, California and New York Attorney General Letitia James are already studying the firm's case, which could ultimately find itself payingdamagessaltyas was the case with Apple a few days ago. The resale of the incriminated data would indeed have been largely profitable for the defendant.
What do we criticize about Zoom?
In addition to the affair linked to the social network, another surprising discovery concerning the risks of the software forconfidentialityhas just emerged. It was a former NSA hacker who was behind it.
He thus noticed that a breach in the program code allows free access to components of the computer where it is installed. And not just any ones: it’s aboutmicrophoneand thewebcam. Two daily sensors of our private life.
To benefit from this, a malicious Internet user must still have access to the PC for the first time. But then, he can also take complete control of it and go so far as to install aspywarewithout the victim noticing. So, as the US intelligence agency's cybersecurity researcher says, if you value your secrets, perhaps the best solution is to stop using Zoom.
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