Zoom Launches End-to-End Encryption for Free and Paid Users Globally
October 26 2020 - 8:00AM
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced its
new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available to users
globally, free and paid, for meetings with up to 200 participants.
This feature is available immediately as a technical preview,
meaning that the company is proactively soliciting feedback from
users for the next 30 days. Starting today, E2EE is available
on Zoom desktop client version 5.4.0 for Mac and PC, the Zoom
Android app, and Zoom Rooms, with the Zoom iOS app pending Apple
App Store approval.
Zoom’s E2EE uses the same powerful 256-bit AES-GCM encryption
that secures Zoom meetings by default. When users enable E2EE for
their meetings, nobody except each participant -- not even Zoom’s
meeting servers -- has access to the encryption keys that are used
to encrypt the meeting.
In typical meetings, Zoom’s cloud meeting server generates
encryption keys for every meeting and distributes them to meeting
participants using Zoom clients as they join. With Zoom’s new E2EE,
the meeting’s host generates encryption keys and uses public key
cryptography to distribute these keys to the other meeting
participants. Zoom’s servers become oblivious relays and never see
the encryption keys required to decrypt the meeting contents.
Encrypted data relayed through Zoom’s servers is indecipherable by
Zoom, since Zoom’s servers do not have the necessary decryption
key.
Account admins can enable this E2EE feature in their web
dashboard at the account, group, and user level. It can also be
locked at the account or group level. If enabled, the host can
toggle on and off E2EE for any given meeting depending on the level
of security and level of functionality they would like. In phase
one, meeting participants must join from the Zoom desktop client,
mobile app, or Zoom Rooms for E2EE-enabled meetings.
“We’re very proud to bring Zoom’s new end-to-end encryption to
Zoom users globally today,” said Zoom CISO Jason Lee. “This has
been a highly requested feature from our customers, and we’re
excited to make this a reality. Kudos to our encryption team who
joined us from Keybase in May and developed this impressive
security feature within just six months.”
As a technical preview, Zoom hopes to gather input from
customers on their experiences with E2EE. Zoom encourages customers
to enable Feedback to Zoom on their account in order to provide
feedback. When enabled, customers may submit feedback directly
through the Zoom client by navigating to their “Settings” and
selecting “Feedback.”
About ZoomZoom Video Communications, Inc.
(NASDAQ: ZM) brings teams together to get more done in a
frictionless and secure video environment. Our easy, reliable, and
innovative video-first unified communications platform provides
video meetings, voice, webinars, and chat across desktops, phones,
mobile devices, and conference room systems. Zoom helps enterprises
create elevated experiences with leading business app integrations
and developer tools to create customized workflows. Founded in
2011, Zoom is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices
around the world. Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom_us.
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