If you use Zoom you are connected to China!

In recent years Zoom has gained substantial market share in the United States — without much public awareness of its connection to China.

  • Zoom maintains direct connections to the Internet Networks of the People's Republic of China (PRC) [as shown in peering record below].
  • The large research and development department of Zoom Video Communications (700 employees) is based in China (PRC). [1, 3]
  • Zoom illegally transferred users' information to the Chinese government (PRC). [2, 3, 4, 11]
  • In some cases the keys used for encrypting Zoom meetings were issued by servers located in Beijing. [1]
    Findings from Citizen Lab's test [1]
Zoom office in China via Citizen Lab [1]

There are further troubling details:

  • Zoom's advertised “end-to-end” encryption, deemed deceptive by the Federal Trade Commission, allowed Zoom the ability to monitor meetings. [1, 10, 12]
  • Zoom requires download and installation of the desktop client for most features, which gives the software expanded access to your PC.
  • Use of Zoom has been banned by entities such as NASA, Siemens and SpaceX, as well as the UK Ministry of Defence and the governments of Taiwan and Germany. [5, 6, 7]
  • Zoom's Government Requests Guide has loopholes which allow them to do whatever they want with their customer’s data and provide it to whatever country they work in, such as China, without disclosing this to their customers. [8, 9, 11]
  • Zoom can use AI to filter information for whatever use they see fit, including providing it to China. [13]
Anti-Zoom graphic from All Things Secured
Graphic from allthingssecured.com [12]

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sources
  1. https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/ ⟶
  2. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/china-based-executive-us-telecommunications-company-charged-disrupting-video-meetings ⟶
  3. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.456138/gov.uscourts.nyed.456138.8.0.pdf ⟶
  4. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-release/file/1346966/dl?inline= ⟶
  5. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/who-has-banned-zoom-google-nasa-and-more/ ⟶
  6. https://www.techradar.com/news/more-top-companies-ban-zoom-following-security-fears ⟶
  7. https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/25/concern-zoom-video-conferencing-mod-bans-security-fears-12455327/ ⟶
  8. https://www.zoom.com/en/industry/government/resources/gov-requests-guide/ ⟶
  9. https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/8/9/23824799/zoom-ai-privacy-return-to-office ⟶
  10. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2020/11/ftc-requires-zoom-enhance-its-security-practices-part-settlement ⟶
  11. https://www.axios.com/2020/06/10/zoom-closes-chinese-user-account-tiananmen-square ⟶
  12. https://www.allthingssecured.com/tips/stop-using-zoom/ ⟶
  13. https://www.caidp.org/cases/zoom/ ⟶