Zoom App Privacy And Security Issues : is it safe or not

 Due to Coronavirus lockdown is going to in india. people associated with many political parties,companies which are working from home. During the Lockdown a zoom app is being used a lot to meeting and video calls. It is a free video conferencing app. Users can talk to hundreds people at same time.  now, reported that its use is not safe. It can be easily hack.  No government meeting will be held with this app, plus no one should use this app.

Zoom App Privacy And Security

Issues

Earlier, CERTN (Computer Emergency Response Team),  cyber security agency in India, issued a warning to Indians people using Zoom app. The Canadian Research Organization Citizen Lab also found that the app uses a Chinese server to distribute encryption and description 'key' where by people can be linked.


This app is not encrypted End to End

The zoom app is not end to end encrypted. End to End encrypted means that only the sender and receiver can read the messages. but in zoom app mediator is also being there. It can be easily hacked.  third person can also read the message easily.for instance WhatsApp is an end to end encrypted app.


Many videos of video calling from the zoom app leaked on the Internet

The Washington Post has done a study about the zoom app. It was found that a lot of meeting video and video calling  videos from this app are present on the Internet. The question is come in mind, how did these leaks happen. According to experts, there are many tools through which zoom videos can be found and brought on the Internet. Another special thing is that Zoom app founder Eric Yuan is Chinese American. He has also apologized for this in his interview to the Wall Street Journal. They have promised that they will resolve all its security issues within three months.

In Britain, a cabinet meeting with Zoom also came on the Internet.
According to Pawan Duggal, India's cyber security expert, "Government, politicians as well as each people should not use this app it can be dangerous. Its link to China is very worrying. Cabinet meeting was held in Britain through zoom app. It was found on the Internet in a short time. "


This app has been sued in the US. It has been said that its data is being shared with other companies like Facebook. Also the user's webcam can be hacked with this app. The German Foreign Ministry has also banned the use of the zoom app. Along with this, the search engines Google and Elon Musk's Space X Agency have also banned this app. Singapore has also banned the use of this app for teachers.


Active users increased by 20 times in a months due to Lockdown
Due to worldwide lockdown is being Work from Home. After this the app has benefited immensely. Its active users were one crore in December 2019, which increased to 20 crore in a month months. Also  zoom app founder Eric Yuan grew by 112 percent in net worth. Now his net worth has reached $ 7.5 billion.

The defense minister had done video conferencing with army chiefs through zoom app

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had a meeting with Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, besides the Chief of Army, Navy and Airforce on April 1 from the Zoom app itself, in which the situation becomes very worrying. This not only applies to Rajnath Singh but also to all Indians who use it. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was also seen on this app video from their Apple's MacBook Air laptop. According to a BBC report, US National Security Agency hacker Patrick Wardley has reported that Mac users can be hacked to a webcam and microphone by using this app.

Major parties of India meet with the zoom app
Indian leaders seem oblivious to security concerns regarding the zoom app. BJP, Congress and other parties make full use of this app. Captain Amarinder Singh,Anand Sharma, Bhupesh Baghel and Ghulam Nabi Azad are also using this app. Since 21 days of lockdown in India. Since then everyone has been working from home. After started this app to be used very fast in India. In mid-February, one lakh 70 thousand people used to download this.


Your security is in your hands.after read zoom app privacy and security issues: is it safe or not, if you still use this app then you are axing your feet.