[Athen] Zoombombing prevention

[Wink Harner]

Thanks, Karen for the updates and input.

There has been a lot of scrambling trying to get the security kinks worked
out. I'm glad to hear that Zoom has been on top of this and is making
improvements. I hope this glitch that you and the captioners found about
the passwords has been reported to Zoom?

In your best words: Cheers!!

Wink
Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
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480-984-0034

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On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 11:06 AM Karlen Communications <
info at karlencommunications.com> wrote:


> I got a post from Zoom on the weekend that starting on the weekend or with

> the Zoom update, a password will be required by default so if you don’t

> want one, you’ll have to turn it off and every meeting will have a waiting

> room by default which you would again have to turn off if you don’t want it.

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> I’ve also started registration for general Zoom meetings/not with my

> students but will be using the password moving forward.

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> Once caution about using the password, I did some online training and

> everyone could use the password except me and the captioner…Not sure what

> was going on but always get into your Zoom meeting rooms ahead of time to

> troubleshoot things like this. The organizers of the Zoom meeting had to

> cancel the meeting they planned, recreate the meeting but this time turn

> off the password. Fortunately it was me, the captioner and a room full of

> participants but demonstrates what can go wrong. 😊

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>

> Cheers, Karen

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Wink Harner

> *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:03 PM

> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] Zoombombing prevention

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> Hi all,

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> I ran across this in the news this morning. Thought these easy steps might

> be helpful for some.

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> Zoombombing is a thing. It’s a security breach. Zoom is aware of it. Many

> are using Zoom —usage went from a few million in December 2019 to several

> hundred million in March. Zoombombing occurs when a zoom link is hijacked

> by an uninvited “guest.”

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> Here are some immediate (easy-peasey) precautions we can all take to

> prevent this from happening on any of our zoom calls, meetings, or online

> conferencing.

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> Use password protection, share meeting IDs and logins via email instead of

> links, use advanced host security measures for screen sharing, find and use

> Waiting Room to require everyone be approved by the host before being

> admitted to the zoom call.

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> Read on for more details.

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> Check out this article from USA TODAY:

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> Use Zoom? These 5 safety tips can keep the 'Zoombombing' hackers away

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> https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/04/02/how-to-keep-zoombombing-hackers-away-zoom-safety-tips/5113080002/

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> Wink Harner

>

> Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production

>

> The Foreign Type

>

> Portland OR

> foreigntype at gmail.com

> 480-984-0034

>

> This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive

> quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .

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