The contacts of “Zoom” in the White House generate concern.

An American political analyst warned the White House not to “ignore” the dangers of using the video calling application “Zoom” for most of its virtual interactions that are not classified as “secret”, noting that two administration officials assured him that this is already being used a controversial application within the presidential house.

In a Washington Post article, Josh Rogin wrote that the White House is using the platform even though the US Justice Department is suing a CEO of the company in China for working with intelligence services in China to disrupt calls.

“No company with large business interests in China is immune from the coercive power of the Chinese Communist Party,” the article quoted John Demers, deputy attorney general for national security, as saying.

The head of a congregation called the “Republican Study Committee” in the House of Representatives, Jim Banks, in a letter to Ron Klein, the White House chief of staff, called for the need to be especially careful with security threats. cybernetics.

The deputy asked the White House to reveal the meetings that were held by the app, and if there was any confidential information that was shared at those meetings.

The author of the article in The Washington Post said he was told by two senior officials in President Joe Biden’s administration that the app was also being used during the era of former President Donald Trump.

He added that the White House is using a version called Zoom for Government, which is supposed to be more secure, and also stressed that it has not been used, however, for secret meetings.

The author quoted a Zoom spokesperson as saying that “the data in this release is processed in data centers located in the United States and is only managed by Americans residing there.”

The two US administration officials said that “a complete review of all their policies and procedures in the field of communications will be carried out.”

The “Zoom” app was designed to be a platform for business meetings and was very popular after the quarantine and shutdown imposed by the emerging corona virus pandemic.

Apps owned by Chinese companies are accused of transferring their users’ data to the Chinese government.

And last year, US officials and lawmakers raised concerns about Beijing’s exploitation of the “TikTok” platform owned by the Chinese group “BitDance”, but the group denied any relationship it had with the Chinese government.

It should be noted that the famous “WhatsApp” application seeks to add a new feature that will make it more competitive with other similar applications, especially the “Zoom” application. WhatsApp began experimenting with the ability to make a voice and video call while running the application on desktops and laptops.