Advice on securing Zoom calls

a couple of friends have been worried about using Zoom.

This is the advice I'd seen and sent to them..

YMMV

 

Taken from https://twitter.com/FrameShiftLLC/  - How to stop harassment on public Zoom calls

 

Before meeting, host changes Zoom settings:

1. Turn on "Waiting room"
2. Turn off "Allow removed participants to re-join", "Allow private chat", "File transfer", "Annotation", "Whiteboard"
3. Set "Screen sharing" to "Host only"
4. Schedule a meeting in Zoom with a random ID (do not use Personal Meeting ID)
5. Recommended: Do not share Zoom link publicly, instead make people register with email address and email them the Zoom link

 

During meeting:

1. Host assigns "co-host" status to a trusted person
2. Co-host admits people from waiting room, removes harassers, does not admit suspicious people
3. Host transfers host status to people who need to share screen
4. Optional: Lock the meeting after 5 min

 

If you do all these things, you will have a Zoom meeting with a defensible boundary that you can eject people from if they behave badly. It's the virtual equivalent of a well-run conference with registration, name tags, physical security, and code of conduct enforcement.

 

Links:

• Change Zoom settings: https://zoom.us/profile/setting
• Co-host information: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362603-Host-and-Co-Host-Controls-in-a-Meeting
• Waiting room, remove participants, lock meeting: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005759423-Managing-participants-in-a-meeting
• Blog version of this thread: https://frameshiftconsulting.com/2020/04/02/tips-for-safer-zoom-meetings/