India has banned the use of Zoom due to security reasons

Due to the development of the new coronavirus epidemic, more and more government departments, companies, schools, and other organizations began to use the remote meeting application to handle daily affairs and carry out online teaching.

Zoom, the well-known online meeting application, has recently revealed a lot of vulnerabilities and negative news. Therefore, Zoom decided to suspend the development of new features within 90 days and focus on fixing existing vulnerabilities.

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Today, the Indian government issued a communication security-related recommendation that advises people not to use Zoom for video conferencing. In fact, earlier, SpaceX, Standard Chartered Bank, and Google have abandoned Zoom within the company.

The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of India’s ministry of home affairs stated in the report: “Zoom is a not a safe platform.” The Indian Information Agency said in a statement: “Platform not for use by government officers/officials for official purposes.”

Via: TechCrunch