Whenever possible, do not post the link to your meeting or the meeting ID publicly. So, protecting yourself boils down to controlling who can enter your meeting, and keeping your meeting IDs private. ”īad actors can find your meeting in one of two ways: they can cycle through random meeting IDs until they find an active one, or they can take advantage of meeting links and invites that have been posted in public places, like Facebook groups, Twitter, or personal websites. When you host a meeting, consider taking the steps below to protect yourself and your participants from this “ Zoombombing.
With Zoom now more widely used than ever, the mechanics of its public meeting IDs have allowed bad actors to invade people’s meetings with harassment, slurs, and disturbing images. From the menu in the top right corner of your screen while using Zoom, navigate to Preferences and then Virtual backgrounds. If you’re uncomfortable having your living space in the background of your calls, set a virtual background. The space you’re in during a call can expose a lot of information about where you live, your habits, and your hobbies. In your Zoom account settings under In Meeting (Advanced), make sure Attention tracking is toggled off to the left. In your Zoom account settings under In Meeting (Basic), make sure Auto saving chats is toggled off to the left. Privacy Settings Make Sure Chat Auto-Saving Is Off Consider which settings make sense for you and the groups you communicate with, and do your best to make sure meeting organizers and participants are on the same page about settings and shared expectations.
The settings below are all separate, which means you don’t need to change them all, and you don’t need to change them in any particular order. In the meantime, take these steps to harden your Zoom privacy settings and protect your meetings from “Zoombombing” trolls. Zoom will have to follow through on its security and privacy promises if it wants to regain users’ trust. Zoom has responded with a surprisingly good plan for next steps, but talk is cheap. Whether you are on Zoom because your employer or school requires it or you just downloaded it to stay in touch with friends and family, people have rushed to the video chat platform in the wake of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders-and journalists, researchers, and regulators have noticed its many security and privacy problems.
#Zoom settings update#
UPDATE 4/10: We have edited this post to add details about Zoom’s new security features and defaults.
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