Google's threat model actually does include state level attack (And specifically by China) to steal IP or access confidential user data.
Zoom is of course just one vector for this, but the threat model of "it's just schoolwork at risk" is wrong. It's actually integrity of tje computing environment.
There is no specific evidence for this, but it is a possibility. Balancing remote possibilities and accepting some that are beyond our control is what separates the sane from the tinfoil hat crowd. Personally, I would try to stick to apps by companies headquartered in your home country. This is difficult outside of the USA and probably impossible outside of the next 5 top software hub countries.
Why is that? It seems like the opposite would be the best advice: make sure to use something from a company not headquartered in your country. Most people probably have more to worry about from their own government than anyone else.
I like it! I'd totally give that TV series a try!
If yes: do not use Zoom right now. If no: do what you want.
But I wouldn't use it for work meetings.
See their push into universities.
Because China=bad, Google or Facebook or Microsoft (which all provide data to) or NSA =good
Not if the school actually cares about the future of its students.
From a blog post[0] we published at NuCypher a while back:
> If we fail to take action now, we risk a world in which unsavory actors - domestic and foreign - have built rich, comprehensive profiles for every one of our children, following the trajectories of their education, home life, consumer habits, health, and on and on. These profiles will then be used to manipulate their behavior not only as consumers, but as voters and participants in all those corners of society which, in order for freedom and justice to prevail, require instead that these kids mature into functional, free-thinking adults.
0: https://blog.nucypher.com/todays-kids-need-end-to-end-encryp...
It's like the old 5G debate in Europe: who do you want to have a backdoor: Cisco+USA or Huawei+PRC? (Hint for Americans: some/many see China as less malevolent).
Indeed - they're no better.
