Taiwan’s cabinet has told government agencies to stop using Zoom Video Communications Inc’s (ZM.O) conferencing app, the latest blow to the company as it battles criticism of its booming platform over privacy and security.
Zoom’s daily users ballooned to more than 200 million in March, as coronavirus-induced shutdowns forced employees to work from home and schools switched to the company’s free app for conducting and coordinating online classes.
However, the company is facing a backlash from users worried about the lack of end-to-end encryption of meeting sessions and “zoombombing”, where uninvited guests crash into meetings.
If government agencies must hold video conferencing, they “should not use products with security concerns, like Zoom”, Taiwan’s cabinet said in a statement on Tuesday. It did not elaborate on what the security concerns were.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-taiwan/taiwan-tells-agencies-not-to-use-zoom-on-security-grounds-idUSKBN21P1MK?il=0