If you have 'guest' users showing up in your course meetings, make sure 'Only authenticated users can join' is selected in the meeting settings. This protects your meeting from disruptions from outside Binghamton University. When creating a campus Zoom meeting, set up the meeting with authentication set to “Binghamton University Only” that way, a meeting attendee will need to be signed into their Binghamton University Zoom account to join the meeting securely. Keep your Zoom meeting secure and private. Hosting a secure Zoom meeting for class or remote work? (PC - Chrome, Mac - Safari), and then click on the meeting link in the same browser (or manually enter the meeting number). Participants should NOT sign in as a guest, by making sure they always sign in to the Zoom App via the account and entering their SSO credentials before starting or joining any Zoom meeting in their default (preferred) browser.

If you have been Zoom bombed, or maybe not, you’ll definitely want to take a few easy steps now to avoid this by keeping your Zoom up-to-date and not publicly sharing your meeting links. Some attacks have included unauthorized individuals (often called trolls) gaining access to meetings where they bully or yell racial slurs, while others involve hackers disrupting (bombing) your meeting and making inappropriate comments and/or showing inappropriate content on the screen.

“Zoom bombing” is a pandemic thing it's also a bullying thing. WHAT’S THIS ABOUT ZOOM BOMBING? How do I set up my meetings?Īs Covid-19 has made almost all classes and meetings a virtual experience, we’ve seen more instances of Zoom bombing. Directory of Links for a Zoom Bomb & Scam-Free Semester

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