Name: Zoom是如何成為家喻戶曉的名字的 (How Zoom became a household name)
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T19:49:01.000Z
Duration: 5 min 43 s

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- Until recently, you might not have even heard of Zoom.

- 直到最近，你可能都沒有聽說過Zoom。

The video conferencing app that millions of people

are using to stay in touch with their friends and family.

正在使用與他們的朋友和家人保持聯繫。

It's grown immensely, basically overnight,

基本上是一夜之間，就有了巨大的發展。

because of the pandemic and people are hosting

Some people are even getting married on Zoom.

It's obviously a super surreal time right now

很明顯，現在是一個超級超現實的時刻。

and people are trying to find the easiest

Zoom超級容易使用，而且價格便宜。

but that ease of use might be coming at a cost.

但這種易用性可能是有代價的。

Researchers and privacy advocates are finding security

研究人員和隱私倡導者發現安全

and privacy issues with Zoom on what feels

Zoom could become a victim of its own success

as it faces a privacy and security backlash.

因為它面臨著隱私和安全的反彈。

Now, to understand why Zoom became so popular

現在，要了解Zoom為何如此受歡迎

so quickly you have to understand how the app works.

如此之快，你必須瞭解應用程序的工作原理。

Every Zoom call comes with a nine to 11 digit

每一通Zoom電話都有一個9-11位數字。

have to enter that code in order to access a meeting.

必須輸入該代碼才能進入會議。

That's super easy compared to its competitors.

與其競爭對手相比，這是超級簡單的。

Skype for example requires a long case sensitive,

By default though, you can jump into a Zoom meeting

但默認情況下，您可以跳轉到Zoom會議。

or even a link and start broadcasting your webcam

甚至是一個鏈接，並開始廣播你的網絡攝像頭。

or the content of your screen to anybody on the call.

或你螢幕上的內容給通話中的任何人。

and super easy to use, but it's also lead

和超級簡單的使用，但它也導致了

This is where pranksters join Zoom meetings

這是惡作劇者加入Zoom會議的地方

and stream porn or other offensive videos.

並流傳色情或其他攻擊性視頻。

and especially bad when it affects school aged children.

尤其是當它影響到學齡兒童時，更是糟糕。

A lot of the privacy and security concerns

but then, as researchers dug deeper into the app,

但隨後，隨著研究人員對該應用的深入挖掘。

might have shared information with Facebook.

of New York's Attorney General which sent a letter

to the company to better understand its security practices.

到公司，以便更好地瞭解其安全做法。

The FBI has also warned about Zoom's default settings

FBI也對Zoom的默認設置提出了警告

and some companies are even now starting to ban Zoom

These are just a couple of Zoom's privacy

那麼，為什麼大家還在使用這個應用呢？

Well, it comes down to what I was talking about earlier.

好吧，這歸根結底是我剛才說的。

You can have an unlimited number of meetings

and up to 100 people to chat for free at a time.

This means, an entire classroom can jump in

and do virtual meetings, or groups of friends

can get together without paying anything.

Zoom also does a great job with gallery view

Its competitors sometimes make people look

At a time when everyone is stressing about the pandemic,

people are going to flock to whatever's free

Skype, the video calling service we probably all remember

Skype，我們可能都記得的視頻通話服務

to hold video meetings, but for a long time,

以舉行視頻會議，但長期以來。

it was buried away and most people didn't know

has instead focused on building its team's software

而是專注於打造其團隊的軟件。

after years of letting Skype's reliability

and its user interface become kind of questionable.

和它的用戶界面成為一種質疑。

and Google Hangouts are just some solid alternatives to Zoom

和Google Hangouts只是Zoom的一些堅實的替代品。

and some rival services are even lowering their free limits

而一些競爭對手的服務甚至降低了他們的免費限制。

to get more people using their apps right now.

來讓更多人使用他們的應用，現在。

All these video apps are good and different

所有這些視頻應用都是好的和不同的

It's worth exploring and seeing what's out there

值得我們去探索，去看一看外面的世界

Just know that Zoom isn't your only option.

只要知道Zoom不是你唯一的選擇。

All right, so what is Zoom doing about all

The company is not rolling out any new features

for 90 days to focus on reviewing the problems

that researchers and journalists have raised for one.

的研究人員和記者提出的一個。

It's also now claiming that the app was never designed

它現在還聲稱，該應用從未設計過。

or for the influx of people who are using the app

或為湧入的使用該應用的人服務

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