Security News > 2020 > May > Zoom Beefs Up End-to-End Encryption to Thwart ‘Zoombombers’

The 25-person, New York-based company will provide more robust encryption for Zoom calls on paid subscriptions by implementing an end-to-end architecture.

"Logged-in users will generate public cryptographic identities that are stored in a repository on Zoom's network and can be used to establish trust relationships between meeting attendees," Zoom CEO Eric Yuan explained in a Thursday blog post.

The encryption keys for each meeting are generated by Zoom's servers.

Zoom's current state of encryption is at the heart of a class-action lawsuit that alleges that Zoom only uses encryption for the transport link, thus allowing the service to still access data.

"Once implemented, these changes won't come without some disruption to existing users who many currently access their meetings with devices that are incapable of supporting Zoom's end-to-end encryption protocols," Mackey said.

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https://threatpost.com/zoom-acquires-keybase-encryption/155557/