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Boris Johnson will keep using Zoom for the government's private weekly meeting despite security and privacy concerns

Join BI PrimeThe UK government has defended using video-call service Zoom among senior government officials – including Boris Johnson – due to 'unprecedented circumstances' caused by the coronavirus. But cybersecurity experts have raised questions around Zoom's security and data privacy policies, with reports that the Ministry of Defence has banned staff from using it.

Experts have queried how user data could be passed on to third parties such as Google, as well as an "employee tracker" feature that could allow a host to monitor whether an employee is paying attention. According to a senior government source, however, who spoke to Business Insider on the condition of anonymity, there are apparently "no plans to pause or review" the MoD's use of Zoom for official business. highlighted by security researchers at Check Point

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