It then branched out into offering desktop and mobile software so that people could easily use that encryption standard. Keybase started off as a key repository, distributing the public keys necessary for people to use public-key cryptography (opens in new tab). Terms of the Zoom acquisition were not made public. Keybase has about 25 employees, according to CNBC (opens in new tab), and was founded in 2014. The standard definition of end-to-end encryption is where only people on the client ends (you and whoever you're communicating with) can see the content of the messages, while the intermediary servers can't.Īpple, Signal, WhatsApp and many other services use true end-to-end encryption in their messaging technology, much to the frustration of law enforcement and governments around the world who complain of private communications " going dark."
Zoom had referred to this setup as end-to-end encryption, but everyone else in the technology world disagreed.
Zoom servers can see the content if they have to, and they do have to if anyone joins in from a phone. The end-to-end encryption will not be an option for users of the free Zoom service, so unfortunately, you won't be able to fully encrypt your cousin's Zoom birthday party.Ĭurrently, Zoom meeting content is encrypted from the client end (i.e., you) to the server end (i.e., Zoom). "We believe this will provide equivalent or better security than existing consumer end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms, but with the video quality and scale that has made Zoom the choice of over 300 million daily meeting participants, including those at some of the world's largest enterprises," Yuan wrote.
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