Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers

Original title: "Zoom plans stronger encryption for paying customers"

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Video conferencing software provider Zoom plans to offer more robust video conferencing encryption services to paying customers such as schools, but the plan will not cover its free users, an official said on Friday, foreign media reported.

As a result of the outbreak, many people had to work and study at home, which led to Zoom's huge growth in business in a short time. On Friday, Alex Stamos, Zoom's security consultant, confirmed that they were upgrading their encryption methods.

In an interview, Mr. Stamos said the plan remained fluid and that it had not yet been fully determined which nonprofits or users might qualify for the more secure video conferencing.

Fully encrypting each video conference would prevent Zoom's security team from setting itself up as a participant in the meeting and thus from dealing with misuse in real time, Mr Stamos said.

With this end-to-end encryption, no third party other than the meeting participants and their devices can see and hear the meeting, and it will exclude those who access the meeting by phone.

From a business perspective, it is difficult for companies to make money by providing users with complex and expensive services for free. Facebook also plans to provide full encryption protection for Messenger users, but their other businesses could generate significant revenue for the company.

Zoom is also under scrutiny by the federal trade commission for making false and exaggerated claims about its encryption technology, according to Mr. Stamos and another person familiar with the matter.

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