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Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety

By Supantha Mukherjee and Akanksha Rana on Apr 9, 2020 6:23AM
Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety

Amid a global backlash.

Zoom has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and set up an advisory board to improve the privacy and security of its rapidly growing video-conferencing app amid a global backlash. Millions of users flocked to Zoom's platform in the past few weeks, attracted by ...

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