Zoom won't encrypt conversations for free users so law enforcement can intercept calls
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Free users for sure we don’t want to give that because we also want to work together with FBI, with local law enforcement in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose,” Yuan said as part of the company’s financial results for the first quarter of 2020. It is unclear how that claim matches Zoom’s CEO stating that it would like to work with the FBI, which would presumably monitor content in Zoom conversations, or whether that is even possible. A Zoom spokesperson told The Independent that the company "does not proactively monitor meeting content, and we do not share information with law enforcement except in circumstances like child sex abuse" Zoom also said that it plans to "provide end-to-end encryption to users for whom we can verify identity, thereby limiting harm to these vulnerable groups. It remains unclear whether Zoom plans to let free users verify their identities in exchange for end-to-end encryption, or what situations Zoom would allow law enforcenement access to its calls other than "child sex abuse," one example the spokesperson gave.
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