Zoom recently went from “Hey, let’s virtual happy hour!” to “Wait, is the FBI in this breakout room?” faster than you could say “You’re on mute!”
Zoom essentially promised real end-to-end encryption but terms and conditions apply. Exclusions include: free users, phone attendees, and anyone the FBI side-eyes. So… it’s more like ‘end-to-somewhere-in-the-middle-if-we-feel-like-it’ encryption.

Zoom: “We’ll decrypt meetings just for CSAM investigations!”
Users: “Cool motive, still a backdoor.”
Hackers: “Ooooh, a backdoor? We love backdoors!”

It was like promising a “bulletproof vest” that conveniently unzips if someone yells “FBI OPEN UP!” which, ironically, is exactly what hackers pretend to do. Zoom finally offered encryption to everyone. The only problem now is that we don’t trust them. We’ve seen their track record.