These are Zoom’s tips to keep your video conference safe

The Zoom application has been used to organize virtual classes, exercise sessions and even dates. (Image credit: Bloomberg)

Zoom has captured the maximum eyeballs during this coronavirus pandemic. Literally everyone is using the video conferencing platform right now. Some manage a team remotely at Zoom, others use the video chat platform to attend virtual classes at home. No wonder, even weddings are held on Zoom video calls. That explains why Zoom was the most downloaded app on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in April.

Sure, Zoom has made video conferencing easy and accessible to millions. But the company has also faced criticism for the lack of privacy in its video conferencing application, sending user data to Facebook, the lack of end-to-end encryption of its chat sessions and the increasing incidents of “Zoombombing” where uninvited guests close meetings.

Interview: Zoom India chief addresses privacy and security concerns surrounding video chat app

The severe reaction from governments and security researchers forced Zoom to launch a new version of its application, Zoom 5.0, which includes improved encryption and privacy controls as part of a 90-day plan to improve security and privacy in the video chat platform.

To make your Zoom meetings safe, the CEO and general manager of Zoom in India, Sameer Raje, has some advice.

# 1 Don’t share your personal meeting IDs

“Please don’t use your personal meeting IDs,” he says. “When setting up a meeting, always use randomly generated meeting IDs.”

# 2 Create strong passwords

Raje advises users to create complex passwords when setting up a meeting. “Each meeting should have a different password,” he says. Raje says the best way to secure your Zoom meetings is to change your passwords frequently and not have common usernames and passwords.

# 3 Be more aware on social media

“Be aware of what information about the meeting you are sharing on social media. If you are going to put the meeting ID and password on social media, you are basically giving your address and giving people the key to enter your room, “he says.

# 4. Use waiting rooms

Raje encourages all hosts to use the waiting room feature to reduce the number of unwanted participants. With the Zoom 5.0 update, Zoom meetings will have the waiting room feature enabled by default. That means hosts will need to manually allow guests to join the meeting, avoiding issues like “Zoombombing,” where uninvited users join a public Zoom meeting.

Zoom was the most downloaded app on Google Play Store and Apple App Store for April. (Image credit: Bloomberg)

In addition to best practices to follow when using the video conferencing platform, Raje says Zoom is doing its best to train, guide, and educate users to stay safe in the virtual world. “We are reaching as many schools as possible,” said Raje. indianexpress.com In an interview. “We are having recorded training sessions online. We are sharing these URLs with school authorities as well as with students, and we make sure they go through this and know the basics of how to protect themselves and what are the best practices for using zoom. We are doing this quite proactively and training and guiding all of this to a new set of users who are joining. ”

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