1.新闻网址︰
https://www.techradar.com/news/zoom-banned-for-official-use-in-taiwan
2.新闻来源︰
外媒 TechRadar.com 记者 Jitendra Soni, Mike Moore
3.新闻内容︰
德国禁止官方使用 Zoom
出于隐私与安全疑虑，将跟随台湾禁用 Zoom
Germany bans Zoom for official use
Follows Taiwan in blocking Zoom due to privacy and security concerns
简单翻译部分内容
出于对隐私和安全保护的疑虑，部分德国政府部门已停止使用Zoom。在政府发布备忘录警
告 Zoom 的风险后，德国外交部已率先停止使用 Zoom。
备忘录中写道：根据媒体报导和我们的发现，我们得出结论，“Zoom的软件存在严重的缺
陷，并且存在严重的安全性和数据保护问题。”
数小时前，台湾政府表示出于安全及隐私方面的疑虑将避免使用 Zoom，并建议使用其他
厂商如 Google 或微软的替代产品。由于中国不承认台湾是独立国家，因此官方资讯被转
发至中国会被视为国家安全的威胁。
在其他地方，如美国的许多学校已经改用 Microsoft Teams 进行远端教学并立即禁用
Zoom，Elon Musk 的 SpaceX 已经官方禁用 Zoom，加拿大的监管机构也不准 Zoom 用于
“任何需要安全通讯的政府讨论”。
Zoom 的 CEO 袁征已经致歉，并承诺公司会停止开发新功能，全力解决安全问题。自三月
创下历史新高以来，Zoom 市值已经下跌 30%。
Parts of the German government have blocked the use of Zoom following concerns
around its privacy and security protection.
Officials at the German Foreign Ministry have had their use of Zoom restricted
following a government memo warning about the risks in using the software.
Amid the coronavirus-led lockdowns, Zoom and other teleconferencing apps have
experienced a spike in usage. However, the company has faced severe backlash
after reports surfaced of traffic being routed through China, Zoombombing, a
lack of proper security measures and other privacy-related issues.
According to the Handelsblatt newspaper, Zoom was already being widely used
across the ministry’s international partners, meaning it would be difficult
to ban its use completely, so employees could log on using private machines
for professional purposes if there was a crisis.
“Based on media reports and our own findings we have concluded that Zoom’s
software has critical weaknesses and serious security and data protection
problems,” the memo read.
Zoom ban
The move comes hours after Taiwan’s government said it would avoid using Zoom
due to a number of security and privacy concerns, suggesting that alternative
applications from competitors like Microsoft and Google are safer.
As China doesn’t acknowledge Taiwan as an independent state, official data
being relayed through China is considered as a privacy threat for the nation.
A statement issued by the Taiwanese Department of Cyber Security states, “if
the organization must use non-domestically produced software for international
exchanges or some other special situation, many global and communication
giants—like Google and Microsoft—are offering such technology for free amid
the current pandemic.”
“Organizations should consider these options after evaluating any associated
data security risks,” it added.
Zoom, which saw its user base balloon to 200 million in March, had been
struggling to control the spike in usage. The company admitted that it had
mistakenly routed data through Chinese servers and has clarified that it has
stopped using the backup servers for non-Chinese customers.
Similarly, reports of Zoom calls not being end-to-end encrypted, hackers being
able to eavesdrop into calls, records of meetings available publicly on the
internet, and un-invited attendee’s able to hijack calls caused major
concerns globally.
Elsewhere, various schools in the United States have also switched to Micro-
soft Teams for remote classes and banned Zoom immediately. Even Elon Musk’s
SpaceX has barred the usage of Zoom by its officials and Canada's electronic
surveillance agency also didn’t approve the platform for “any government
discussions that require secure communications.”
Last week, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan apologized for the incidents, and announced that
the company will stop working on new features to focus on securing the plat-
form.
Zoom’s market value has been reduced by one-third since it registered a
record high in late March and its shares also experienced a drop by one per-
cent in pre-market trading on the Nasdaq.
4.附注、心得、想法︰
还蛮奇妙的副标是 "follows Taiwan"，是台湾超前部署，还是民进党又控制德国了吗？
有人说你也没办法证明其他软件比较安全，所以不该停用 Zoom，但是 Zoom 已经被公开
证明有安全疑虑，连自己都承认了，我个人是认为这个理由就够充分停用。