How to Stop Zooming
Horrible ” zumombirovanie ” is a risk for all meetings Zoom, even for private rooms, password protected and encrypted . All it takes is to fall into the wrong hands, and suddenly, at a work meeting, someone screams randomly – or worse.
While the increase has always been about privacy and reporting tools that seek to keep meetings safe from trolls, the company is adding new anti-zoombombing features that allow hosts to pause all meeting activity and remove disruptive guests. New security options are rolling out to both free and paid users on Mac, PC, Linux, iOS, and Android.
You will find new options under the security shield icon when you are in a meeting, but only if you are the host or co-owner. The first – the Nuclear Bomb equivalent of Zoom – allows you to immediately disable all activities during a call, including video, audio, text chat, annotations, screen sharing, and call recording. It also turns off all breakout rooms.
- Click / tap the security icon in the call menu
- Select Pause Participants.
- The host will be asked if they would like to report the member to Zoom security. If so, select the Report checkbox and click Pause.
- If you decide to report a meeting, follow the onscreen instructions and select Send. The reported users are removed from the meeting.
- When you’re ready to resume, click the Security icon in the call menu and re-check each feature you want to re-enable.
Hosts can also report users at any time by selecting the security icon on the call screen, then clicking Report and following the onscreen instructions. Click Submit to send the report and ban the meeting attendee.
New pause and reporting tools make it easier to deal with rule breakers, but Zoom has another trick up its sleeve. The company will also alert you if your meeting invitation appears in any public posts on social media or on other websites where these posts are commonly posted.
If your meeting has been published, the automated system notifies the organizers by email and offers suggested responses, including deleting and re-hosting the meeting, making the meeting private, or changing the meeting password.
You don’t have to do anything to take advantage of these notifications — they will automatically happen if you are affected — but you must keep an eye on your inbox when using Zoom for any last minute alerts.
Also, make sure you are using Zoom’s new end-to-end encryption setting to keep your chat data safe and not accessible to uninvited strangers.