Google has employees are prohibited from using Zoom on company computers, launching the order through an email circulated among all employees who had the app installed on their computers. It also imposed a lock on company computers that will prevent the service from functioning once it is active by the end of the week. The problem? The presence of "security vulnerability", which we have covered several times in our news.
There is a conflict of interest in the pGoogle's position surrender? Probable, also because Google has a rather similar video conferencing app, called Meet (previously Hangouts Meet), which in fact represents one of Zoom's most similar and direct competitors. It is also true that Zoom has not shown itself to be very reliable in the security field.
"We have long adopted policies that do not allow our employees to use unapproved apps for jobs outside our corporate network."Google said a spokesman in a statement. "Our security team recently informed employees using the Zoom Desktop Client that it will no longer work on corporate computers as it does not meet our security standards for apps used by our employees.".
The note then specifies: "Employees who have used Zoom to stay in touch with family and friends can continue to do so via a web browser or mobile device". There Zoom's popularity it has increased dramatically during the period of isolation, as people around the world are forced not only to work from home, but also to socialize virtually thanks to digital tools. The sudden increase in visibility led to the discovery of numerous app security vulnerabilities, also because of some rough choices.
Zoom's vulnerability issues have led to a definite phenomenon "Zoom bombing", in which an attacker gains access to a Zoom meeting and tries to stop it. In addition to Google, Tesla has also banned the corporate use of the video conferencing app by suggesting to also rely on more traditional systems, such as telephone calls, e-mails and text messages, rather than undergoing the security problems present on Zoom.
