Starting April 19, New Yorkers can officially get married via video conference. The mayor announced this
Officials recommended using the applicationZoom “Life cannot stop completely, and we have no excuses when it comes to marriage. Now you can do it with Zoom, ”they added.
However, they developed several rules"Digital marriage." For example, “a videoconference should allow spouses to communicate directly with a city or city clerk, a witness, or a person performing a marriage ceremony.” That is, during a wedding, you cannot use a pre-recorded video.
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The popularity of Zoom has risen sharply due tocoronavirus pandemics. According to Sensor Tower, the number of downloads of Zoom has increased by 109%. According to App Annie, Zoom cloud meetings ranks first among business applications in the US in daily downloads on the iPhone. Two weeks before the pandemic, they were in 87th place.
As Motherboard found out, Zoom hasmany vulnerabilities. Immediately after launch, the iOS version of Zoom connects to the Graph API, a tool developers use to share data with Facebook. The application transmits data about the accounting model, device, time zone, mobile operator and other data. However, the application cannot be completely uninstalled - it will retain partial access to the device.
As of April 19, in the state of New York recorded 237 thousand cases of the disease. In total in the USA - 740 thousand confirmed cases.