Zoom hires former Facebook security chief

Zoom Video Communications Inc has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and set up an advisory board to improve the privacy and security of its rapidly growing video-conferencing app amid a global backlash.
Millions of users flocked to Zoom’s platform in the past few weeks, attracted by its ease of use, as coronavirus-led lockdowns forced people to work from home. Many schools around the world also started using its free offering for online classes.
That in turn attracted scrutiny of its platform and Zoom faced widespread criticism from users worried about the lack of end-to-end encryption of meeting sessions, routing of traffic through China and “zoombombing”, where uninvited guests crashed meetings.

In a series of tweets https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1245197038083428352a in late March, Stamos called on Zoom to be more transparent and roll out a 30-day security plan.