Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy, security flaws

Posted on Apr 5, 2020

Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy, security flaws

A few weeks ago, New York City’s 75,000 teachers scrambled to learn how to use videoconferencing services like Zoom as novel coronavirus cases began to rise and schools prepared to close their doors and institute remote learning. Now, the city’s teachers will have to scramble once more, after Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza announced late last night that he had decided to ban Zoom, citing security and privacy issues with the platform.

Source: fastcompany.com