Zoom to exclude free calls from end-to-end encryption to allow FBI cooperation

Privacy advocates are concerned, saying basic security shouldn't be a paid feature left open for the possibility of working with law enforcement

Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, has announced it will provide end-to-end encryption after facing a litany of privacy and security concerns - but only to users who pay for it.

Eric Yuan, the company's CEO, raised alarm among privacy advocates on Wednesday by saying Zoom planned to exclude free calls from end-to-end encryption so as to leave open the possibility of working with law enforcement.