<div dir="auto">Your may want to look at this</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">jim mckindles</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jmckindles77@yahoo.com">jmckindles77@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 6:03 PM<br>Subject: Fw: On-Line Meetings - Zoom vs. Other Platforms<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Charles Leady <<a href="mailto:charles.e.leady.uscg.aux@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">charles.e.leady.uscg.aux@gmail.com</a>></div><div><b>To:</b> Charles Leady <<a href="mailto:charles.e.leady.uscg.aux@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">charles.e.leady.uscg.aux@gmail.com</a>></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 12:55:12 PM EST</div><div><b>Subject:</b> On-Line Meetings - Zoom vs. Other Platforms</div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="m_-5493058360685043063ydp520bf373yiv6071439493"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large">As I mentioned in the recent MI GOP County Convention training meeting, I am also a volunteer employee of Homeland Security and as such have been instructed by Leadership not to use "ZOOM" (ever) because it is considered not to be a secure platform, even as only a participant. Data on your computer and personal information could be at risk. Consequently, I was only able to participate by phone.<div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">A quick search yielded the attached recent article which I suggest that you read (especially the parts underlined).</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">Platforms that are considered to meet basic security requirements and can be used by the general public without cost include:</div><div style="font-size:large">GoToMeeting</div><div style="font-size:large">Cisco Webex</div><div style="font-size:large">Microsoft Teams</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">It is my considered opinion that our Party should take Internet security very serious in light of the current environment. The cost to the Party for any of the above platforms is minor, and as I mentioned <u>no cost</u> to members.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">Please pass this up the ladder to the appropriate leaders.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"><em>Note: Schools all over our country are routinely using ZOOM for remote learning.</em></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">Sincerely,<br>Chuck Leady</div><div style="font-size:large">Vice-Chair Cheboygan County Party</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"><strong>P.S. </strong><font size="2"><strong>Excerpts from Wikipedia</strong> - (Although not my favorite source ... Take it for what it is worth)</font></div><div style="font-size:large"><font size="2"><span><span><span><p>Beginning in early 2020, Zoom's software usage saw a significant global increase following the introduction of quarantine measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. <b><i><u>Its software products have faced public and media scrutiny related to security and privacy issues. A portion of Zoom's workforce is based in China, which has given rise to surveillance and censorship concerns.</u></i></b></p><b><i></i></b><u> </u><p>Eric Yuan, a former Cisco engineer and executive, is a Chinese-born American billionaire businessman, and the CEO and founder of Zoom, which launched its software in 2013. </p><p>In April 2020, Citizen Lab warned that having much of Zoom's research and development in China could "open up Zoom to pressure from Chinese authorities." <u><b><i>Zoom subsequently admitted to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government.</i></b> </u></p><p>On December 19, 2020, a former Zoom executive was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, <u>NY, said that <b><i>Xinjiang "Julien" Jin was Zoom's main liaison with intelligence and law enforcement agencies of China,</i></b></u> which Zoom later acknowledged. Jin is not in custody because he currently lives in China.</p><p>In January 2020, Zoom had over 2,500 employees, with 1,396 in the United States and 1,136 in international locations. It is reported that <b><i><u>700 employees within a subsidiary work in China and develop Zoom software.</u></i></b></p><p><b><i><u><span></span></u></i></b><br></p></span></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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