Make in India: Govt invites app developers to build Zoom alternative, offers Rs 1 crore prize

Since the nationwide lockdown began from March 25 in India, corporate companies and even educational institutes came up with creative methods to continue their work and teach children online, respectively. Among them, video conferencing apps, particularly Zoom became popular overnight.

However, as days passed by, news started to emerge that Zoom lacked proper user-privacy policy and was also vulnerable to hacking. Cybercriminals photo/video bombed Zoom video conferences with age-inappropriate content during online classes and meetings.

Taking cognisance of the Zoom’s privacy issue, the Indian government, earlier in the week, warned its officials, citizens, and corporate companies to be wary of the Zoom video conferencing app.