Zoom vows to address privacy, safety issues after complaints


Yuan said Zoom would work with third-party experts and users on a review “to understand and ensure the security of all of our new consumer use cases” and step up a “bug bounty” programme to find security weaknesses. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Videoconferencing group Zoom pledged to step up privacy and safety controls after a series of complaints about the application which has surged in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement late Wednesday, Zoom founder and chief executive Eric Yuan said the company would be “shifting all our engineering resources to focus on our biggest trust, safety, and privacy issues”.

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