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Use Zoom at your own risk :Government cautions about zoom


Government cautions about zoom app Issued advisory





To prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the government has extended the lockdown for the second phase. The lockdown will continue till May 3. Meanwhile, all the people doing private jobs are doing 'work from home' sitting at home.



During work from home, a lot of people need video calling for which skype is used the most. Apart from this, duo, WhatsApp calling is also very popular but meanwhile, suddenly the zoom app has been dominated. With the app quality, the zoom has become the choice of people due to some of its unique features, but now the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory about this app and its use is not safe.

Actually, recently, there were reports of 5 million accounts of the zoom app being hacked. In this report, Bleeping Computer had said that the data of 5 lakh people present on the zoom app has been hacked and put on the dark web, in exchange for which a very small amount has been obtained. Earlier also, an agency called Web Security had told about this.





In the instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, some specific things have been asked to pay attention. It is specifically stated in these instructions that the app should always be kept updated and the password should be changed from time to time. 

Apart from this, keep the waiting feature of the app during the conference so that no one can enter the conference without your permission. However, the ministry has also said that if the zoom app is not used, it would be better. Apart from this, there are many other options that can be used:.

Please tell here that amid the Corona epidemic, more than 90 a thousand schools in more than 20 countries around the world are using Zoom for their studies.

At the same time, on the questions related to the security of the app, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan has written on his blog that currently there are more than 20 users of Zoom worldwide. We are investigating cases related to the app's securities and it is expected that the solution will be removed soon.

Despite the difficulties related to privacy, the number of app users reached 30 crores



Coronavirus (Covid-19): The number of users of the Dio Meet App Zoom (Zoom App) has crossed 300 million globally, a 50 percent increase over its 200 million users in the last month. This is a significant increase compared to its 100 million users. The video meeting platform has seen a tremendous increase in the number of users since the Kovid-19 epidemic, as millions of people, have been forced to work from home.

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"Clearly the Zoom platform is providing incredibly valuable service to our beloved users during this challenging time," said Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom in a statement.

He said, "We are thrilled to have earned the trust of so many enterprises, hospitals, teachers and customers across the world." Zoom recently made headlines due to increasing concerns about privacy, privacy, but this did not stop people from using video conferencing apps.

Ready for release later this week, Zoom 5.0 includes two new features to help users host secure meetings and protect their data.

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