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Message-ID: <20200405035322.GA29994@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 03:53:22 +0000
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: After Utah children 'Zoom-bombed' with porn, here's how to
secure your Zoom meetings
by ADAM FORGIE, KUTV
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. (KUTV) - On Thursday, a group of 50 Pleasant
Grove, Utah elementary school children were on a call with the
school's principal when the conference was "Zoom-bombed" with
pornography.
https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/after-utah-children-zoom-bombed-with-porn-heres-how-to-secure-your-zoom-meetings-1
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Bill Horne
Telecom Digest Moderator
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Message-ID: <20200405034826.GA29911@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 03:48:26 +0000
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Idaho Department of Corrections rolls out video calls after
suspending in-person visits due to COVID-19
Inmates in Idaho prisons can now speak with their families via video,
after the Idaho Department of Correction last month ceased in-person
visits in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Video visitations are available to inmates at all of the department's
facilities, according to Idaho Department of Correction Director Josh
Tewalt. Inmates receive one free video call a month; after that, the
cost is $4.99 for a 15-minute call. The department worked with
CenturyLink and the corrections communications provider JPay to
provide the service.
https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idoc-rolls-out-video-calls-after-suspending-in-person-visits-due-to-covid-19/article_e8db5bc1-3a24-5b1e-93c2-40c041620554.html
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Bill Horne
Telecom Digest Moderator
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Message-ID: <64325B80-C007-43CD-912D-55FA84F2C722@roscom.com>
Date: 3 Apr 2020 13:31:33 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Zoom's Encryption Is "Not Suited For Secrets"
Zoom's Flawed Encryption Linked to China
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/
Move Fast & Roll Your Own Crypto: A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom
Meetings
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/
***** Moderator's Note *****
It doesn't matter if the "flawed encryption" is linked to China. What
matters is that it might be flawed. So long as cryptographic research
is conducted in secret, and subject to U.S. government monitoring and
restrictions, the NSA will always be able to slip in a weakness or
back-door that only they know about.
Don't be afraid of China: it's the guy across the street that steals
your secrets, and any communications channel used for carrying
confidential corporate information should be safeguarded at the
highest level possible.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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