Zoom uses the SILK codec, Constant Bit Rate (after some bandwidth negotiation); as others have pointed out audio and video noise both fight ECBs weaknesses. It’s actually more secure on the wire than many conferencing systems I’ve looked at.https://twitter.com/colmmacc/status/1246160773379796994 …
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“more secure than many” doesn’t feel like the bar Zoom should be shooting for? Vs eg “secure” or “transparent about the tradeoffs it makes”, etc?
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I'll put it this way: if someone were tapping my Internet connection, I wouldn't be so worried about them able to decrypt a Zoom call. Meanwhile there are solutions out there where it could be an undergrad project.
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This is an interesting and valuable viewpoint. Imho It is unfortunate that Zoom didn’t put out docs describing this or similar perspectives (eg, positive evidence of the end-to-end security of their approach) months/years ago.
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Similarly to how if Amazon-the-web-store had put serious dollars into lobbying for universal sick pay in previous years maybe the current warehouse situation (both ground truth and press) would be less bad?
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More aspiration-ally, I'd say similar to how much better we'd all be here if the US were a credible and legitimate democracy that didn't foster that kind of corrupt lobbying or outsize influence of corporations.
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