Zoom’s Runaway Success Carries a Heavy Burden

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Heard on the Street: The coronavirus pandemic has made videoconferencing upstart Zoom a household name

Zoom Video Communications’ greatest strength is also its greatest weakness: It is now a verb.

The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly transformed the videoconferencing upstart from popular corporate tech vendor to a household name. Everyone is Zooming now, from yoga teachers to doctors to bored teenagers. The latest sign came in an April 1 blog post from founder and Chief Executive Eric Yuan, who wrote that peak daily meeting participants have soared from 10 million at the end of December to more than 200 million as of March.

 

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Ya to shut down middle class business and family own

People in US & EU took very serious actions against Facebook and condemned on the privacy invasion. But when it takes to China, they become so soft. No one cares the Zoom data center in China actually work with CCP.

I heard Zoom is a Chinese backed outfit. Someone opine.

The 'burden' is on the user to adjust their settings.

A Fundamentally Corrupt Privacy Disaster !

Not even reading this. It looks like more liberal drama doom propaganda

China spy

They were before this-maybe not with kids... but many many business people.

And a 1 target for Hackers Zoombombing

china is not CCP,please make different with it

'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.' - Nelson Mandela

Thank God China did not get my personal information Any app that is no American made I don't use

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