Zoom’s support page can help with each of these settings. Once the meeting begins and everyone is in, lock the meeting to outsiders and assign at least two meeting co-hosts. Also disable screen-sharing for non-hosts.Ĥ. Disable options such as the ability for others to join before the host. Enable the 'waiting room' feature so you can see who is attempting to join the meeting before allowing them access.ģ. Instead, use an ID that is exclusive to a single meeting.Ģ. Don't use your personal meeting ID for the meeting. There are steps to prevent this from happening.ġ. In the second case, the hacker appeared on the video camera and displayed racially charged tattoos. In the first case, someone yelled a profanity and then shouted the teacher’s home address in the middle of class. There has been such a spike in Zoom bombing cases, that the FBI office in Boston warned people to be aware of Zoom bombing after two schools saw their online classes get hijacked. That has given hackers several more chances to infiltrate classrooms and work meetings. Reuters reported that Zoom’s daily users ballooned to more than 200 million in March. It’s called Zoom bombing and it occurs when a hacker crashes an online meeting and posts profanity, graphic videos and other content not safe for work or school. Some of those services include Google Hangout and Skype, but there’s been a disturbing trend circulating for people who use Zoom. We are now using different video conference services to stay in touch with others. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to work from home or attend classes online.

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