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rob53 said:

The title should have said Zoom will continue to be unsecured unless you pay for it. I have lots to say about the organization who think people wanting secure free software are riff-raff but I'll leave it to others to yell at these idiots. As far as NYC's Dept of Education, I presume they are paying for licenses for the schools but are they also paying for licenses for the students to use at home on their own computers?

FaceTime is free software, as long as you're using Apple products, and it along with Messages uses end-to-end encryption. It's about time Apple stands up and ports Messages and FaceTime to other platforms. iTunes is available for Windows (through the Microsoft Store) but "the relatively small number of users and the cost to port and support programs on Linux, it's highly doubtful iTunes will make the leap to that platform" (ref: lifewire). Porting to Android could be done but we know Apple doesn't want to do it, making sure it's a product that will make people convert to iPhones. Apple used to be huge in the educational market but left when netbooks and cheap laptops/tablets were forced upon schools. Apple continues to be one of the few companies that think security first and if they want everyone to have secure products, they should suck it up and port FaceTime and Messages to Windows (desktop/laptop) and Android (even though there are tons of versions that would need to be supported).