SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns - Updated with promises that Zoom will think about fixing their software by the time the pandemic is over!

[Not Really Here]

As it turns out, using teleconferencing software that isn't end to end encrypted, uses malware tactics in its coding and has nearly a third of it's employees in China (Archive) may have been a bad idea.

Reuters article / Archive


4/3/2020 update
Good news everybody
Zoom promises to fix their Chinese data collecting software-

With bullet points and everything!

Source / Archive

 

[GHTD]

Fucking Zoom. My classes use this shit, so I have no choice but to have this malware piece of shit on my computer.

Good shit for banning it, Elon.

 

[The Last Stand]

Fucking wonderful. The school is putting malware in our computers while WE pay for it.

Why can't things go well without a hitch?

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

SpaceX has got to be on China's shortlist of best targets to "steal" data from. All spacefaring nations will have to be using fully reusable rockets within a decade or two to stay relevant.

 

[Nephi]

This must be one of the few intelligent things Elon Musk has done, as industrial espionage by Chinks is huge concern, this and convincing Trump to give him $16 billion in subsides to develop his satellite internet project, and also convincing Trump to give him billions in corporate welfare for his solar energy and electric car iniciatives.
Scummy but nevertheless intelligent, however, I'd bet it wasn't difficult, considering Musk is one of the main donors of the Republican Party.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

convincing Trump to give him $16 billion in subsides to develop his satellite internet project

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/03/12/spacex-seeks-16-billion-in-government-subsidies.aspx

Those "subsides" have not been awarded and they would have to compete with other ISPs to get those funds, although Starlink or another broadband satellite constellation is probably the best solution for connecting rural Americans.

 

[Not Really Here]

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/03/12/spacex-seeks-16-billion-in-government-subsidies.aspx

Those "subsides" have not been awarded and they would have to compete with other ISPs to get those funds, although Starlink or another broadband satellite constellation is probably the best solution for connecting rural Americans.

Always archive everything.

 

[SomethingWittyandBadass]

>always archive everything

Yeah. This was not smart.

 

[SSF2T Old User]

lmao holy shit, the company i work for started pushing this shit hard last month, and now that everyone is working remotely, they are forced to install this shit on their phones. Not me though, fuck that... luckily I'm not that high up in the food chain to be a part of whatever company decisions are taking place, but for the people that have called me for tech support (specifically the camera's that the head of the Manhattan branch decided to ship to everyone's houses that decide not to work half the time and also come from China), they HAAAAATE using Zoom... like to the point where someone asked me for better alternatives.

 

[3119967d0c]

Zoom have moved to address privacy concerns by hiring someone who really understands how [not] to do privacy.. a former Facebook C-suiter.

http://archive.md/NCViV

 

[evrae]

That's not good, my workplace has been using Zoom for all our meetings and such. Thank fuck I have a work laptop so I don't have to touch this with my actual PC.
I won't be shocked if my workplace will look at alternatives considering the IT there are autistic about security, and I'd be glad if they did.