Google is switching on brand-new security functions in its Google Meet video chat service for meetings held by education customers, the business has actually announced. The changes, which are due to enter into result over the next 15 days, will indicate that confidential users wont be able to join meetings arranged by G Suite for Education or G Suite Enterprise for Education subscribers. A confidential user is anyone not signed into a Google account, the company states.
The new features appear to be created to prevent “zoombombing,” where unauthorized users link to conferences and interrupt them by transmitting shock videos, or tossing insults. ZDNet keeps in mind that as school lessons have moved online due to the pandemic, some students have shared links to their classes and have asked pranksters to disrupt them in the hope that theyll be permitted to leave early.
Zoom has added its own protections versus zoombombing
Google isnt the only business thats had to handle the problem. Zoom, where the expression “zoombombing” originates from, has actually introduced a range of new security and personal privacy improvements to attempt and increase security and bring an end to the practice. With its current 5.0 upgrade, for example, it let users quickly lock meetings, remove individuals, and restrict sharing, and it has actually also turned passwords on by default for most clients to limit who can access their meetings.
In its announcement, Google states that the new security settings will be turned on by default for Education customers, which the only way to turn them off is to contact G Suite support straight.
