By <https://9to5mac.com/author/michaelpotuck/> Michael Potuck
Video conferencing service Zoom has been quite the roller coaster ride over
the last several months marked by
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/03/zoom-vulnerabilities/> serious flaws,
misleading
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/31/zoom-video-calls-are-not-actually-end-to-end
-encrypted/> encryption claims, and massive
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/03/zoom-revenue-forecast/> user growth. Now
after previously planning to keep end-to-end encryption as just a feature
for paying customers, the company has reversed course and says free users
will see it arrive in a beta coming in July alongside paid accounts.
When Zoom first announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) wouldn't be
arriving for free users, it used the weak excuse of
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/03/zoom-revenue-forecast/> wanting to prevent
illegal use while paying for an account would enable "illegal use."
In a turnaround, Zoom detailed today's news on E2EE for its video calls in a
<https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/06/17/end-to-end-encryption-update/>
blog post (via
<https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21294355/zoom-security-end-to-end-encryp
toin-beta-release-july-2020-new-feature> The Verge). Zoom shared where its
work stands on GitHub and announced that E2EE will come to "all of our users
around the globe - free and paid" that will come as an optional "advanced
add-on."
Today, Zoom released an updated E2EE design on
<https://github.com/zoom/zoom-e2e-whitepaper> GitHub. We are also pleased to
share that we have identified a path forward that balances the legitimate
right of all users to privacy and the safety of users on our platform. This
will enable us to offer E2EE as an advanced add-on feature for all of our
users around the globe - free and paid - while maintaining the ability to
prevent and fight abuse on our platform.
Here are more specifics:
* We plan to begin early beta of the E2EE feature in July 2020.
* All Zoom users will continue to use AES 256 GCM transport encryption
as the default encryption, one of the strongest encryption standards in use
today.
* E2EE will be an optional feature as it limits some meeting
functionality, such as the ability to include traditional PSTN phone lines
or SIP/H.323 hardware conference room systems. Hosts will toggle
* E2EE on or off on a per-meeting basis. Account administrators can
enable and disable E2EE at the account and group level.
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