Elon Musk's SpaceX bans Zoom over security and privacy concerns

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• Elon Musk's SpaceX has banned its staff from using Zoom amid security concerns, disabling all company access to Zoom with immediate effect.
• In a 48-hour period, reports surfaced that Zoom didn't use end-to-end encryption for its video meetings and had allowed thousands of strangers to see each other's email addresses.
• It's also been suggested that attackers can use the Zoom Windows client to steal network credentials.
• In a statement on its website, Zoom said it was "looking into each and every one" of the security concerns raised and "addressing them as expeditiously as we can."
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There's no room for Zoom at SpaceX, it would seem.

Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturing firm has banned its staff from using Zoom over security concerns and has reportedly disabled all company access to the video-conferencing service with immediate effect.

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