Zoom has settled with the FTC over ‘deceptive’ security practices
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with videoconferencing platform Zoom over misleading claims" about its security. The agency said in a statement that when Zoom incorrectly claimed its video calls were protected by end-to-end encryption, the company engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users."
Zoom said in March that the phrase end to end" was in reference to the connection being encrypted from Zoom end point to Zoom end point," that content is not decrypted as it transfers across the Zoom cloud," and that it only collected user data needed to improve its services.
But according to the FTC, Zoom had the cryptographic keys that could allow the company to access customers'...