No sooner had I mentioned Zoom as an application used for video and audio conferencing that was very popular with those of us working remotely and encouraged reading its privacy policy before using it, than problems with its privacy policy surfaced. (See my blog). Now there are problems with “Zoombombing,” the crashing of meetings on Zoom with obscenities and nudity. Several articles have been written on the ways to keep “Zoombombers” away:
- Use Zoom? These 5 safety tips can keep the Zoombombing hackers away
- Zoombombing: What it is and how to prevent it in Zoom video chat
- Here Are 8 Quick Tips To Keep You From Getting “Zoombombed” By Trolls
Some of these safety tips are:
- Don’t click on a link in the Zoom invite because it could be a phish. Instead, invite people to a Zoom meeting with a meeting ID and password which are used when logging into http://www.zoom.us.
- Don’t use a Personal Meeting ID for meetings, but instead use a per meeting ID exclusive to a single meeting.
- Change the screen share options. Go to Settings, after enabling Screen Sharing, instruct Zoom to only let the Host share the screen.
- Use Waiting Rooms. Go to Settings, go to In Meeting, scroll all the way to the bottom, enable Waiting Room.
- Disable other options in Settings: Join before the host, Autosaving chats, File transfer, Annotation, and Remote control.