FBI flags privacy issues over use of video app

New Delhi, April 3

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has flagged privacy issues over a video meeting app being used by Indian Government officials for internal and, at times, confidential deliberations in the absence of physical meetings due to the Covid scare.

Even sensitive ministries such as Home Affairs and External Affairs have been using the video meeting app (Zooms) for internal deliberations. Following FBI revelations on porn material popping up, more reports have tumbled out on the lack of user privacy and security in the app, forcing its founder and CEO Eric Yuan to apologise.

“We recognise we have fallen short of the community’s privacy and security expectations. I am deeply sorry...,” he said in a social media post. Over the next 90 days, the company planned to dedicate the resources needed to better identify, address and fix issues proactively, Yuan promised. — TNS