The video conferencing app zoom (Zoom) has become the most used app in lockdown. School classes of all the countries of the world are running only through the zoom app, but India is the largest market for zoom. Along with this, the zoom video calling app has been the most downloaded in India. Zoom has become the most downloaded non-gaming app. In April only 13.1 million people have downloaded it.
18 percent downloading in India
According to the report of the sensor tower, the zoom app has been the most downloaded in India. The percentage of downloading of the zoom app in India is 18, while in the US it is 14 percent. The thing to note here is that even after the Indian government's warning, the download of zoom has increased. The government had termed it unsafe in terms of privacy. US company Zoom app is being used more than the company expected in lockdown. This has been accepted by the CEO of the company itself, at the moment questions have also been raised about zoom privacy and security. Zoom recently partnered with end-to-end encryption startup Keybase after privacy questions arose.
Five lakh accounts of Zoom hacked
Last month, Bleeping Computer claimed in its report that five lakh accounts of Zoom had been hacked and personal data was being sold on the Dark Web for a nominal price. Data of zoom app users are being sold on hackers forum. Cybersecurity firm Cybele was first informed about this on April 1. According to the report, the data of zoom app users on the Dark Web was sold at a nominal price of $ 0.0020 i.e. about Rs 0.15 per account. The report also said that this hacking was done through passwords and IDs, that is, the hackers already knew about it.
Facebook and Google also took big decisions
In view of the demand for video calling in lockdown, Facebook has released a room feature in its messenger app and desktop version. Facebook has released the room feature in Messenger, after which, up to 50 people can simultaneously make video calling with Facebook Messenger. The special thing is that anyone can join Messenger Room video calling only through an invite link, even if they do not use Facebook. Features like zoom are also provided in the messenger room. Fire reality (AR) effects will also be found in the Facebook Messenger room.
Google meat
Google has also updated its video calling app Meet, seeing the opportunity. With the Google Meet app, anyone can now make video calling or conference for free. Before that Google Meet was only for G Suite users. G Suite President Javier Solaro said that we have announced to make Google Meet free and we have taken this decision to keep the users of the world close to them during the Corona epidemic. Google Meet can also have 250 people at a time.
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