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Zoom is facing heat over privacy — here are 4 more secure alternatives: Tech

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A group of women use the Zoom video conferencing application to have a group chat from their separate homes, during the UK coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)
A group of women use the Zoom video conferencing application to have a group chat from their separate homes, during the UK coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)

Zoom is facing heat over privacy — here are 4 more secure alternatives: Video chatting service Zoom (ZM) is feeling the heat. The company — which saw its daily active user count jump from 10 million in December 2019 to 200 million last month as cities and states locked down amid the coronavirus pandemic — has been buffeted by controversy surrounding its security and privacy practices.

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