Concerned about safety and privacy, the New York educational administration banned teachers from using Zoom for teaching.
According to Business Insider, the New York City Department of Education has just banned the use of Zoom, just weeks after a series of classes were transferred to this online conversation platform.
Instead, schools are instructed to use Microsoft Teams, an integrated application in the Office 365 office software suite, for free for educational activities.
Prior to the New York City Department of Education's ban, CEO Zoom S. S. Yuan said he continued to negotiate with schools to bring the application back.
Zoom conversations pose a risk of insecurity and privacy invasion. Photo: Zoom.
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Faced with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the middle of the school year, a series of educational institutions gradually shifted to online classes. However, there are concerns about safety and privacy of students. The FBI warned and asked New York City to take note of this matter.
With Zoom, learners can join groups with just links without requiring additional passwords. This helps teachers quickly gather a large number of students in the classroom but at the same time increase the risk.
There have been "Zoombombing" incidents (bombing Zoom) when hackers or strangers suddenly appeared in Zoom classes, sharing useless, even obscene, and pornographic information.
Facing the above situation, Zoom has temporarily handled by adding a password entry request to access, the conversation is also denoted by the ID number instead of the old link. The lounge will appear by default, allowing room creators to manually screen each attendee, avoiding uninvited guests in the chat room.
In an interview with CNN on April 5, Eric S. Yuan confirmed that the company is working to fix security and privacy issues.
"We have grown so fast and there have been some mistakes," Yuan said. "We have learned a lesson and will need to slow down to focus on privacy and security."
As of April 2, Zoom has announced that it will not update new features within 90 days to focus resources on addressing privacy gaps.
Earlier, speaking in the Wall Street Journal, he said that he felt obliged to regain users' trust after the platform's security scandals.