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Re:Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing by XelNika on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:20AM (#22737218)
> The Intercept didn't care about Zoom a few months ago and wouldn't have without Corona.

The 2019 Zoom vulnerability[1] was a much bigger deal and did get picked up by the media. Zoom already had a terrible reputation before COVID-19.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20387298

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Re:Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing by Krasnol on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:38AM (#22737402)
Yeah, it was picked up because it was a much bigger deal.

Now the issues are a smaller deal but are still being picked up.

Most people I work with haven't even heard about Zoom until those last months when they've been forced to use a teleconference for the first time in their lifes. They also probably didn't even hear about the issue last year too.

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Re:Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing by XelNika on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:57AM (#22737552)
I'm still not convinced this coverage is in any way related to Zoom's current popularity or COVID-19, I just think a company that keeps fucking up is a better story than a one-off.
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Re:Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing by Krasnol on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:28AM (#22737822)
Most of the articles over here in Germany don't even mention the last fuck up and the news about the company are now beyond the tech media.

You may not be convinced even after you attributed to my argument but it won't change anything about the facts.

Edit: since I can't post in god knows how long due to the wonderful stfu tech here on hn here are sources for german media:

https://www.google.ch/search?q=zoom&complete=0&source=lnms&t...

It's all over and I find it very curious that you've not been able to find anything in Danish media even though it looks the same for the english speaking outlets.

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Re:Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing by XelNika on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:41AM (#22737944)
> the news about the company are now beyond the tech media.

I searched around a little and neither this nor the recent Facebook story have been covered by Danish non-tech media at this time.

EDIT: The story is still new, it might get coverage later this week.

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