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> Gennie Gebhart, a researcher with the Electronic Frontier Foundation who was on Thursday’s call, said she hoped Zoom would change course and offer protected video more widely.

> But Jon Callas, a technology fellow of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the strategy seemed a reasonable compromise.

> Safety experts and law enforcement have warned that sexual predators and other criminals are increasingly using encrypted communications to avoid detection.

> “Those of us who are doing secure communication believe we need to do things about the real horrible stuff,” said Callas, who previously sold paid encryption services

Why do people still believe that preventing civilians from using encryption is going to stop criminals? Is there a name for this fallacy?

What does Zoom’s premium subscription offer? Jitsi supports unlimited participants and runtime for free, and soon E2E encryption.

parent surround 6 years ago

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