Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wants the Federal Trade Commission to issue comprehensive guidelines for online conferencing services as the use of those to bridge physical distancing proliferate during the pandemic.
"A growing number of incidents over the past several weeks have revealed that these technologies may expose their users to significant cybersecurity and privacy risks," said Markey.
With Zoom becoming a verb, he said, "individuals are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks and inappropriate access of their personal data,” he wrote FTC chairman Joseph Simmons and the the other commissioners.
In addition to guidance for companies, Markey also wants the FTC to develop best practices for users of the conference services to help them decide when and how to user them.
