Re:New York City bans Zoom in schools, citing security concerns
by simonh on Monday April 06, 2020 @04:31AM
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There are two vulnerabilities in particular that can grant access to videos to hostiles. One is that Zoom video chat IDs are short enough and low enough entropy to be guessable. Also saved videos have a standard naming scheme that makes their file names guessable and therefore accessible publicly. However, any vulnerability, especially intentional ones knowingly trading convenience for security or implemented deceptively, is not acceptable especially when we're dealing with the privacy of children.
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Re:New York City bans Zoom in schools, citing security concerns
by valuearb on Monday April 06, 2020 @10:18AM
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That's a pretty silly concern when photos and videos of the same children are spread across Facebook and other platforms willy nilly.
Re:New York City bans Zoom in schools, citing security concerns
by simonh on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:17PM
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Those are photos and videos they have intentionally shared. Not supposedly secure private video sessions. If private chats and videos on Facebook of e.g. teenage girls virtual sleepover parties were also trivially accessible by strangers, that would also be an equal concern.