Attention Zoom users! Update your app now if you want to keep using it

Zoom 5.0 is officially rolling for all users starting today. Zoom says it’s a huge update from a privacy and security point of view, a key milestone if you may. One of the big changes that Zoom 5.0 brings along is enhanced encryption, which is why it’s now mandatory for users to update their app and web client to their latest versions in order to keep using the video calling platform.

Previously, Zoom relied on the AES-256 ECB encryption standard. With Zoom 5.0, it is making the switch to AES 256-bit GCM encryption which is theoretically more secure and private than the outgoing standard. This is still not the full-proof end-to-end encryption, the sort that apps like WhatsApp Google Meet offer, but it’s surely a start — for Zoom. GCM encryption will be fully enabled for all meetings starting today, therefore Zoom 5.0 will be a mandatory update to join any Zoom meeting going forward.