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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Technology => Topic started by: TomSea on April 08, 2020, 05:04:27 pm

Title: As usage booms amid coronavirus crisis, Zoom’s R&D presence in China under scrutiny
Post by: TomSea on April 08, 2020, 05:04:27 pm
If one did not know, ZOOM has been big in the news over the last day:

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As usage booms amid coronavirus crisis, Zoom’s R&D presence in China under scrutiny
 By James Rogers | Fox News

Zoom Video Communications, which is enjoying a boom in use as people flock to its service amid the coronavirus outbreak, is attracting attention over its R&D (Research and Development) presence in China.

The video conferencing specialist, which went public in April 2019, is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., but has said that much of its product development work is done in China. With Zoom in the spotlight, this R&D presence has also been attracting attention.

“Most of Zoom’s engineering team is based in China,” Jacob Helberg, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, tweeted on Monday. “Conducting sensitive conversations on a platform vulnerable to data collection by the CCP should give pause to those concerned with protecting company or government secrets.”

Read more at:  https://www.foxnews.com/tech/coronavirus-crisis-zooms-presence-china-under-scrutiny (https://www.foxnews.com/tech/coronavirus-crisis-zooms-presence-china-under-scrutiny)

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Tom Cotton@SenTomCotton
Further, Zoom has outsourced its R&D to engineers in China.

As we know from Huawei, TikTok, and other tech companies in China, the Communist Party can demand full access to their data—your information—at any time.
https://foxnews.com/tech/coronavirus-crisis-zooms-presence-china-under-scrutiny (https://foxnews.com/tech/coronavirus-crisis-zooms-presence-china-under-scrutiny)
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Tom Cotton@SenTomCotton
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Zoom’s ties to China deserve closer scrutiny, particularly during this crisis when millions of Americans, including government employees, rely on videoconferencing to work remotely.

https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1247929765958430721 (https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1247929765958430721)

So, a lot of chatter on ZOOM to repeat again.
Title: Re: As usage booms amid coronavirus crisis, Zoom’s R&D presence in China under scrutiny
Post by: Cyber Liberty on April 08, 2020, 05:13:45 pm
Being hacked caused their stock to lose much of its huge gain in recent weeks.