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How do I protect myself from Zoom Bombing?
Manage your Invited Participants
Here are a few great features to help secure your Zoom event and host with confidence:
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If someone who doesn't have a Berkeley Lab Zoom account tries to join your event, they will receive this message:
How do I protect myself from Zoom Bombing?
Keep Meeting IDs Private
When you share your meeting link on social media or other public forums, that makes your event public. Anyone with the link can join your meeting. Take the following measures to protect your meeting:
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After the meeting begins, click the security button to explore new features. You can lock the meeting, enable the waiting room and manage participant sharing or chat permissions.
Manage Screen Sharing
The first rule of Zoom Club: Don’t give up control of your screen.
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Under “Who can share?” choose “Only Host” and close the window. You can also lock the Screen Share by default for all your meetings in your profile settings at zoom.lbl.gov (My Account).
Use a Waiting Room to Screen for Uninvited Attendees
One of the best ways to use Zoom for public events is to enable the Waiting Room feature. Just like it sounds, the Waiting Room is a virtual staging area that stops your guests from joining until you’re ready to let them join. It’s almost like the velvet rope outside a nightclub, with you as the bouncer carefully monitoring who's allowed to enter.
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