Audio chat service Clubhouse is working to bolster its security and ease concerns from critics, after it was determined the Chinese government had the potential to monitor conversations made in the iOS app.The current popular social media app Clubhouse is an audio-only affair, making it extremely useful for people to communicate with others in a group. However, elements of the service are found to be concerning for security-minded researchers.The Stanford Internet Observatory determined that the infrastructure of Clubhouse is provided by Agora, a Shanghai-based company that provides "real-time engagement software." It was also discovered the unique Clubhouse ID number of a user and their chatroom ID were transmitted in plaintext, which potentially makes users traceable.Read more
