More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls
“Big Brother, it turned out, was wearing a MAGA cap” ...
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Stolen Zoom passwords and meeting IDs are already being shared on the dark web
As Zoom confronts numerous security issues amid a spike in use of the service during the coronavirus pandemic, yet another problem for the video conferencing platform has entered the stage, thanks to the dark web. Cybersecurity firm Sixgill recently ... ...
Zoom shares crash as security + privacy concerns grow
The video conferencing app Zoom has become suddenly ubiquitous over the past few weeks, as the coronavirus shutdown closes schools, businesses, and keeps us all indoors. Shares of Zoom dropped 9% on Monday, adding to their sharp declines in recent days, as security and privacy vulnerabilities are reported. There is also new competition from other ...
The need for online privacy is finally resonating with video chat
The public's generally blasé attitude towards online privacy finally seems to have met its match — in video chatting. On Friday, New York City banned its schools from using Zoom after determining the platform wasn't private and secur... ...
Zoom improves security with automatic password protection and waiting rooms
After facing heavy criticism for the way it handles privacy and security, the video conferencing service Zoom is making a few very necessary updates. Beginning April 5, all meetings going forward will have automatically enabled password protect... ...
Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say
“Researchers conclude that Zoom uses non-industry-standard cryptographic techniques with identifiable weaknesses and is not suitable for sensitive communications.” ...
Zoom: Thousands of calls found via web search, thanks to default file naming scheme after users saved them in unprotected spaces like open AWS S3 buckets
Everyone is using Zoom for everything from pandemic family gatherings to A.A. meetings to therapy sessions to teaching college classes, but the app has newly revealed and very concerning security vulnerabilities.
The contents of thousands of video calls made on the app Zoom were exposed on the open web, and easily available via ...
Google is now publishing coronavirus mobility reports, feeding off users’ location history
Google is giving the world a clearer glimpse of exactly how much it knows about people everywhere — using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to repackage its persistent tracking of where users go and what they do as a public good in the midst of a pandemic. In a blog post today the tech ...
An EU coalition of techies is backing a ‘privacy-preserving’ standard for COVID-19 contacts tracing
A European coalition of techies and scientists drawn from at least eight countries, and led by Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute for telecoms (HHI), is working on contacts-tracing proximity technology for COVID-19 that’s designed to comply with the region’s strict privacy rules — officially unveiling the effort today. China-style individual-level location-tracking of people by states ...
Here are some private video chat alternatives to Zoom
The video call service has recently gained loads of new users and has a history of privacy breaches. Read more...More about Tech, Privacy, Mashable Video, Zoom, and Work From Home ...