Bye, Zoom bombers! Zoom just got this huge security upgrade

Adieu, Zoom bombers! Zoom just got this huge security upgrade

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Zoom-bombing is about to get a lot harder. Zoom is releasing two new security features that allow hosts to easily remove and report disruptive users.

Zoom has become an essential tool during the pandemic, with millions of people using information technology to work from dwelling and keep in touch with friends and family. But that popularity as well put a spotlight on Zoom's security bug, like Zoom bombing.

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Zoom announced these new features in a weblog mail. With the new tool, "Suspend Participant Activities," hosts can temporarily pause their meeting, remove a Zoom bomber and notify the Trust and Safe team. To find this tool, click on the Security carte du jour.

When a meeting is suspended, all video, sound, chat, screen sharing, recording and breakout room activity will end. The other new characteristic, "Report by Participants," gives meeting attendees the ability to written report other users. Similarly, this is attainable under the Security badge.

Both security tools tin be accessed from the security icon and are available in version five.four.3 of the Zoom desktop clients for Mac, PC and Linux, also the mobile apps.

Additionally, Zoom created an "At-Chance Coming together Notifier," which scans public posts on social media sites for Zoom meeting links. If it finds a link and deems to be at risk of Zoom-bombing, Zoom emails the business relationship owner and admins.

The new functionality follows other Zoom security and privacy updates, including the long-awaited end-to-end encryption, meeting passcode defaults and expanded two-factor authentication. Zoom has as well been working hard at calculation accessibility features, such as live captions.

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