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Zoom Bombing - "That won't EVER happen to me!"

Tessa Mero on May 19, 2020

Introduction I have heard the term "Zoom Bombing" a few times, but didn't really understand the meaning behind it. I thought it was some kind of p...
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Jason Khoury

Thanks for sharing Tessa and sorry this happened. Sadly this has been happening in business and in schools. I've heard a couple of situations where classes had to end early because of this. Appreciate you spelling out the tips everyone needs to consider.

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Tessa Mero

Thanks for the kind comment Jason! And it is very scary to imagine what students/kids had to go through being zoom bombed in the near past.

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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

I was in a Zoom call that get bombed hard last week. It wasn't my zoom meeting but I learned the lesson pretty quick.

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Tessa Mero

Yeah it's definitely not a pretty situation. It feels like stabs in the chest for what you have to experience. I don't want anyone to go through this.

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Mike Demo

I was at a WordCamp that got bombed. You also need to watch webcams as virtual cameras can show adult content or videos.

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Tessa Mero

I mentioned webcams to be default off because of the adult content, so I will specify that in the article so people understand why. Thanks Mike!