Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Video conferencing platform Zoom has been in the news almost constantly over the past few weeks. At first it was hailed as a tool to help reduce this isolated feeling all of us are experiencing, then it was a pile on for security and privacy issues, and finally the last two weeks have started a redemption story.
In this stream, we look at this story arc, how it relates to your privacy and the practice of practical cybersecurity.
- How Zoom became a household name by The Verge, youtube.com/watch?v=ggFK__R6YFE
- Zoom.us & The Real Cybersecurity Problem, from me in Jul/2019, youtu.be/w21ZBditGT0
- Bruce Schneier on Zoom security & privacy issues, schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/security_and_pr_1.html
- Tom's Guide on Zoom privacy & security issues, tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes
- Zoom requiring waiting rooms to prevent Zoombombing, techcrunch.com/2020/04/03/zoom-waiting-rooms-default
- NYC bans Zoom from schools, techcrunch.com/2020/04/05/zoom-new-york-city-schools
- ZDNet announcing Alex Stamos helping Zoom as a consultant, zdnet.com/article/former-facebook-cso-alex-stamos-to-join-zoom-as-outside-security-consultant
- BleepingComputer highlights how Zoom removes meeting IDs from the window title, bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/zoom-removes-meeting-ids-from-client-title-bar-to-boost-security
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Video conferencing platform Zoom has been in the news almost constantly over the past few weeks. At first it was hailed as a tool to help reduce this isolated feeling all of us are experiencing, then it was a pile on for security and privacy issues, and finally the last two weeks have started a redemption story.
In this stream, we look at this story arc, how it relates to your privacy and the practice of practical cybersecurity.
- How Zoom became a household name by The Verge, youtube.com/watch?v=ggFK__R6YFE
- Zoom.us & The Real Cybersecurity Problem, from me in Jul/2019, youtu.be/w21ZBditGT0
- Bruce Schneier on Zoom security & privacy issues, schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/04/security_and_pr_1.html
- Tom's Guide on Zoom privacy & security issues, tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes
- Zoom requiring waiting rooms to prevent Zoombombing, techcrunch.com/2020/04/03/zoom-waiting-rooms-default
- NYC bans Zoom from schools, techcrunch.com/2020/04/05/zoom-new-york-city-schools
- ZDNet announcing Alex Stamos helping Zoom as a consultant, zdnet.com/article/former-facebook-cso-alex-stamos-to-join-zoom-as-outside-security-consultant
- BleepingComputer highlights how Zoom removes meeting IDs from the window title, bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/zoom-removes-meeting-ids-from-client-title-bar-to-boost-security
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