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#Zoom buys #Keybase as part of its plan to fix its security flaws. https://nu.federati.net/url/268891 [www cnbc com]
Not sure that buying Keybase, a company that originally uploaded people's #GPG #privkey by default, is going to add any understanding of security at all. I've avoided them since I discovered they were uploading private keys by default (though I've heard they later changed that) because that indicated they did not know what they were doing.
I am glad that Zoom seems serious about fixing their issues. I just don't think this is advancing toward that goal. Now, instead of one business with severe security issues, they have two businesses which might have such issues.
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Official announcement: https://nu.federati.net/url/268892 [blog zoom us]
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https://cmpwn.com/@kline/104127392085344150
Someone recommending the closure of #Keybase accounts and rotating keys, passwords, and anything else that KB has touched.
I probably have not been as vocal about it, but ever since I personally discovered (very early on in KB's existence) that following their default instructions uploaded your #privkey to their server, I have recommended avoiding them, cancelling any keys used with them, closing any existing KB accounts. I still feel that way ... and tying up with #Zoom is unlikely to improve my opinion of them.