Zoom confirmed it would buy identity management firm Keybase in a powerful security move that could ... [+] significantly boost the fortunes of the video conferencing platform. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said in a blog that Zoom would use Keybase to help build end-to-end encryption “that can reach current Zoom scalability.”And it seems that this integral security feature could arrive pretty soon. Now Zoom is buying Keybase, it can brush off blows from rivals Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, which have both been trying to capitalize on Zoom’s security misfortunes. Hopefully Zoom will bring end-to-end encryption to the entire user base, including free users. Currently I wouldn’t recommend Zoom for very sensitive meetings or chats, but with end-to-end encryption that could change.

Source: Forbes May 07, 2020 15:11 UTC