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My first time working with @jolingkent, who interviewed @ericsyuan as part of his apaology tour.

HED: & #39;Every day is a crisis& #39;: Zoom boosts its security as scrutiny grows https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/every-day-crisis-zoom-boosts-its-security-scrutiny-grows-n1178396">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech...
It’s @zoom_us’s world now. We just all live in it.

No, seriously: this week I was invited to a Zoom seder, a Zoom happy hour, and more this week.

Zoom seems to have now gotten the message and is trying—really trying—to fix things.
This is probably the most telling quote from @jolingkent’s interview with him.

And that’s the fundamental problem: most city council officials and kindergarten teachers realisitically don’t have IT departments that have enough time to hold their hands. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/every-day-crisis-zoom-boosts-its-security-scrutiny-grows-n1178396">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech...
In fact, @ericsyuan’s old pals at Webex (now owned by Cisco) have not been hesitant to criticize Zoom.

Here’s a few lines that were cut for length from an earlier draft.

A Cisco VP called Zoom’s approach “derelict cowboy engineering."

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/every-day-crisis-zoom-boosts-its-security-scrutiny-grows-n1178396">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech...
Bottom line: Zoom is probably safe more most things.

Hackers, if you really want to disrupt my happy hour, nothing really bad will happy. I’ll be annoyed, sure. (But, please don’t!)

But that’s what infosec people call “threat modeling.” https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/every-day-crisis-zoom-boosts-its-security-scrutiny-grows-n1178396">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech...
But if you’re, say, a school teacher in an overstretched district (hello, Oakland!) and YOUNG STUDENTS are now using this thing daily, the potential for harm goes WAY up.

I’d like to believe that @ericsyuan
and Zoom now appreciate that more than ever. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/every-day-crisis-zoom-boosts-its-security-scrutiny-grows-n1178396">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech...
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