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Discussion on: A semi technical explainer of all known Zoom issues

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Ari Kalfus

Zoom has gotten what must be a few million dollars in free penetration testing services at this point. They're going to come out of this as the most secure video platform out there. None of these issues are unique to Zoom - if anyone looked at Hangouts, WebEx, or Teams I'm sure they'll find extremely similar issues.

What I look at in these scenarios is the company response, and zoom has done a great job communicating to the public and putting in fixes. I'm going to continue using them as my primary platform.

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rhymes

Zoom has gotten what must be a few million dollars in free penetration testing services at this point. They're going to come out of this as the most secure video platform out there.

Ah ah probably, I actually read someone complaining that Zoom doesn't have a form bug bounty program. Don't know if they actually do or not.

None of these issues are unique to Zoom - if anyone looked at Hangouts, WebEx, or Teams I'm sure they'll find extremely similar issues.

Probably, that's what I hinted at in my conclusions. Throwing around alternatives without actually understanding in what they are an alternative for it's not going to help much. That's why I'm waiting for deeply researched comparisons between services.

As mentioned by the team at webrtcH4cKS doing e2e with video is hard.

What I look at in these scenarios is the company response, and zoom has done a great job communicating to the public and putting in fixes. I'm going to continue using them as my primary platform.

I'm a bit wary of companies that become good communicators after they have been put in the spotlight but yeah, they are working around the clock to fix the issues.

Let's hope you're right and they come to the other side as the most secure video platform, as their video and call quality is rock solid!