I value privacy, but I think the jury is still out on this company. They need time to react to the public scolding they're enduring as of late. Hopefully things change for the better and they take security more seriously after this.
EDIT: A word
In the past tried multiple times with Hangouts (dies after you get more than 4 on board), jitsi meet (not good with bad connections), Slack (good luck with video), Hipchat (video doesn't work for more than 3 participants) and Skype (connection drops). On one of my previous gigs, we ditched everything and took Mumble + google docs for showcase.
Before Zoom, Skype was good enough, until they messed it up. My presumption is that all of these tools are developed in perfect environment: ideal network, minimal latency, close peers, single OS. As soon as you start to drift from those presumptions, complete breakdown happens.
It is not resistant to government/owner monitoring (and this is a separate thing from "secure"), but even if they did add true E2E, they'd still be a proprietary software often running on proprietary OS.
Zoom isn't on the secure radar at all. They're fighting to not actively compromise your computers security.
I dislike and don't trust videoconferencing apps that can't run in the browser, and Zoom goes the extra mile by requiring you to use their sketchy package installer. I'm really enjoying the scrutiny they're getting right now. They should just run in the browser without requiring installation.
Apparently If you tell them no a couple times, they let you join in browser
Quality aside, I was just blown away by how terrible the UI design was, especially after using Zoom for months.
I, too, want to give Zoom time to respond to this shitstorm of issues. Hopefully it will be like the FB SDK, and they'll handle it.
If they make any corrections now, it will be on a PR basis in response to perceived customer upset, not because they are sorry or wish to respect users or privacy. They've been actively and plainly lying throughout this thing.
You can't even use Zoom without agreeing (via their abusive TOS) give up your civil rights.
Sad but true. Also, most of the tech industry knows this. That's why they ( especially startups ) forgo security for growth. Perversely, one of the signs you've succeeded as a startup is people complain about security. It means that your product has grown so much that it reached those who are concerned about security. It means your product is no longer for hobbyists but a tool for serious business/government/etc use.
The security problems seem fixable if they put their minds to it. Other companies have messed this up but later regained trust.
It isn't 2005 anymore; which is about when their approach to security would fit in.