{"id":89634,"date":"2020-10-15T09:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zoom-is-getting-end-to-end-encryption-next-week-but-youll-have-to-turn-it-on-manually\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T06:40:12","slug":"zoom-is-getting-end-to-end-encryption-next-week-but-youll-have-to-turn-it-on-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zoom-is-getting-end-to-end-encryption-next-week-but-youll-have-to-turn-it-on-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zoom is getting end-to-end encryption next week \u2014 but you\u2019ll have to turn it on manually"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Zoom is getting end-to-end encryption next week \u2014 but you\u2019ll have to turn it on manually<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n In June, after relentless pressure from privacy advocates, Zoom said that it\u2019ll\u00a0<\/span>extend end-to-end encryption\u00a0to free users of its video conferencing service, beyond its previous limit to only paying customers<\/span>. Now, the company is set to roll it out starting next week, but just as a preview with certain limitations.<\/p>\n

To be clear, Zoom\u2018s meetings were protected by\u00a0AES 256-bit GCM\u00a0encryption. So, your text, video, and audio were safe from snooping while in\u00a0transit. However, these encryption keys were generated on\u00a0Zoom\u2018s servers, and attackers could target it to snoop on users. On the other hand, if a meeting has end-to-end encryption protection, only participants will have these keys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In May,\u00a0<\/span>the company acquired Keybase.io<\/a>, an encryption-based identity service, to build the end-to-end encryption offering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom says that encrypted meetings won\u2019t be turned on by default. The host or admin has to enable it at the account, group, or user level. Plus, before each meeting, everyone has to turn it on explicitly to join. You\u2019ll see a green shield on the top-left corner of your meeting screen to indicate that this meeting is protected by end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Enabling end-to-end encryption in a zoom meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re a free user, to use end-to-end encryption, you\u2019ll have to first verify yourself through two-factor authentication using a code sent to your phone via SMS.<\/p>\n

In this preview stage, if you enable end-to-end encryption for your meeting, you won\u2019t be able to use features such as\u00a0joining before the host, cloud recording, streaming, live transcript<\/a>ion, breakout rooms, polling, and 1-on-1 private chat. And while Zoom can host up to 1,000 participants on an enterprise plan, the end-to-end encryption feature will be limited to meetings with up to 200 participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom says that this feature will be in the beta phase for 30 days to collect feedback from users. The company is planning\u00a0to roll out the second phase of end-to-end encryption (out of four planned phases) with\u00a0better identity management.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n