Scrutiny Wanted

The speedy uptake of teleconference platforms resembling Zoom, with out correct vetting, probably places commerce secrets and techniques, state secrets and techniques, and human rights defenders at threat. Firms and people may erroneously assume that as a result of an organization is publicly listed or is a serious family title, that this implies the app is designed utilizing safety finest practices. 

As we confirmed on this report, that assumption is fake.

Acknowledgements

Due to Masashi Nishihata, Miles Kenyon, and Lotus Ruan.  

Invoice Marczak’s work on this report is partially supported by the Center for Long Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) at UC Berkeley and the International Computer Science Institute,