I’ve been reading about the Zoom security issues but just want to raise this again. I work with human rights groups and so security is a huge issue. Today I was talking to a women’s fund in Poland and they were expressing that their digital security folks were saying absolutely under no terms should they be using zoom and so they’ve been experimenting, with a great deal of frustration, with other platforms, mostly Jitsi I believe. It is already so challenging for them to move some of their conversations/workshops online with accessible technology, and now without access to Zoom I fear they are going stop their exploration of new ways of engaging voices online which could be really exciting for them, as they work to support the feminist movement in a country where things are very challenging right now… ?(Also, most of these smaller groups have their capacity stretched to the breaking point, and so don’t have a lot of time to spend experimenting, learning new technologies ?- it’s just a reality.)

?I am wondering if anyone has more insights into making Zoom more secure? They seem particularly worried about having now to download zoom on their computers, and the access this then gives Zoom to their other data. ?Do we think Zoom has planned another tier of “more secure” accounts? Does anyone have any insights??

Many thanks!

Catherine