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Zoom Settles with FTC over Allegations of Deceptive Security Practices

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One major allegation brought forth by the FTC is that, since at least 2016, Zoom misled users by claiming it offered ‘end-to-end, 256-bit encryption’ when in fact it provided a lower level of security. My dissenting colleagues note that the recent revelations regarding a rogue Zoom employee in China, who accessed accounts and meetings of U.S.-based

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

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A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.