insert_link Tech Made Simple Zoom Paid Accounts reportedly will get strong Encryption for Calls Zoom will add stronger encryption to its paid customers’ video calls, but isn’t planning to offer the enhanced security to all accounts, Reuters has reported. A security consultant with the company told Reuters that it still wasn’t clear whether some accounts, such as nonprofit users, might qualify for the more secure calls. “Zoom’s approach to end-to-end encryption is very much a work in progress - everything from our draft […] todayJune 3, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Messenger Rooms: Facebook’s answer to Zoom Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat. On Friday, it announced Messenger Rooms, a tool for starting virtual hangouts with up to 50 people and allowing friends to drop in on you whenever they like. It’s also doubling the capacity of video calls on WhatsApp from four people to eight, adding video calls to Facebook Dating, and adding new live-streaming features […] todayApril 27, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Zoom is showing how to Respond to Criticism the Right Way Sometimes it takes years of criticism to get a company to do the right thing. Every once in a while, it can happen overnight. Appearing before a background that said “we care” over an image of a heart-shaped planet Earth, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan said Sunday on CNN that despite the company’s recent security problems, its “intentions are good.” “We moved too fast... and we had some missteps,” Yuan […] todayApril 9, 2020