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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by hedora on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:38AM (#23403797)
> child abuse happens literally all the time... I don’t want my kids in someone elses [private conversations] either

93% of the time, the perpetrator knows the child. If you’re seriously worried your children might be victims of abuse, then your first line of defense should be against your own family and friends.

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violenc...

The statistics for children are in the paragraph after the first graph.

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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by BrandoElFollito on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:29PM (#23406084)
Yes, this is correct. Children bullying is one such example.

And this is exactly the case where we want to be able to have digital evidence.

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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by hedora on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:34AM (#23417043)
So the solution is to record teens’ private video chats?

What could possibly go wrong?

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