India says 'Zoom is a not a safe platform' and bans government users

Found on The Register on Thursday, 20 August 2020
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It comes as India has decided to become self-sufficient by crowdsourcing a Zoom-like service in a competition that will award the winner fat government contracts.

Zoom, meanwhile, has announced it will "re-architect" its bug bounty program as part of an effort to "help get Zoom's overall security house in order".

More countries should take IT seriously and not rely on products developed somewhere else for critical and/or official communications.