India advises government employees not to use Zoom over privacy concerns

Today, India joined a long list of governments who have restricted the use of the video calling platform Zoom over security concerns. A circular sent by the country’s home department said Zoom is not secure and it’s “not for use by government employees for official purposes.” According to the circular, this follows advisories issued by The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) regarding the platform in the past couple of months. It also dictates guidelines for safe personal usage of the video conferencing platform. MHA issues advisory, says Zoom not secure video conferencing platform for private individuals. Mentions guidelines for those who still…

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