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Zoom lied about encryption in 2020. Now it wants to pay $18 million to make that go away.


The internet never forgets, though.

In 2021, Zoom also settled with the Federal Trade Commission over misleading its users about the privacy and security of its core product. Now, Bloomberg reports that Zoom is offering to settle the matter with the SEC by paying an $18 million fine. These days, Zoom does offer end-to-end encryption for its video meetings, and its privacy and security practices have improved.

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