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With so many schools closed, the Zoom video meeting app has become wildly popular among educators, but it’s now under scrutiny for security and privacy issues. School leaders in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas have announced they’re discontinuing their use of the Zoom videoconferencing service for distance learning because of security, privacy, harassment and other concerns. And individual schools in Los Angeles and elsewhere are also switching to alternatives, like Microsoft Teams , Google Hangouts and WebEx. As NPR reported last week, the FBI issued a warning about incidents of school Zoom meetings being disrupted. There have been reports of racist and pornographic imagery being shown to young children. Some intrusions may originate with students pranking their classmates, but Gizmodo reported there are also organized “Zoombombing” campaigns online. Zoom has soared in popularity as people around the world shelter in place to protect from the spreading coro...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has banned the utilization of Zoom after growing concerns over the video conferencing app’s privacy and security. Consistent with Reuters, Musk’s firm announced it had disabled the app during a company memo. Following a warning from U.S. enforcement about Zoom’s safety, an email sent on March 28 by SpaceX said: “We understand that a lot of folks were using this tool for conferences and meeting support. Please use email, text or phone as alternate means of communication.” NASA , which is one among Space X ’s biggest customers, also prevents its employees from using Zoom. Zoom security and privacy issues are emerging thick and fast Zoom security and privacy issues still emerge. Yesterday, I wrote how researchers found Zoom security issues affecting both Windows and Mac computers. This is often additionally to misleading marketing on whether Zoom offers end to finish encryption, and a surge in uninvited guests “Zoom bombing” people’s chats. Zoom is faci...