During the pandemic, the popularity and usage of zoom skyrocketed but so as issues related to Zoombombing, a practice in which pranksters and hackers hack the screen of zoom call and display disruptive content. But now zoom has launched a new feature to curb the activities of Zoombombing and will allow the host to kick out trouble making individuals.
Zoom announced in a blog post that host now can pause the meetings temporarily and even can report the disruptive individuals.
Zoombombing episodes were quite widespread this year as people began using Zoom in the social distancing times during remote work. The new feature is enabled by default and users don’t need to change any settings for this.
The new feature is known as ‘At-Risk Meeting Notifier’ and will inform the conference organizers if their meeting is at risk of getting disturbed by zoombomber.
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This new feature is a service that runs on Zoom's backend servers and works by continuously scanning public posts on social media and other public sites for Zoom meeting links. When At-Risk Meeting Notifier finds a Zoom meeting URL, it automatically sends an email to the conference organizers with a warning that other people may be able to access their room and possibly disrupt their meeting.
In order to suspend a meeting, click on the security icon during a call and then click on "Suspend Participant Activities." When you do, all video, audio, meeting chat, annotations, screen sharing, and recording will be suspended, and all meeting rooms will end, which should shut down zoombomber activity. From there, Zoom will ask the host if they want to report a user, and if they do, that user will be kicked out of the meeting, and the Zoom security team will be notified.
The new feature is enabled for both free and paid users and is available in Zoom clients for Mac, PC, and Linux, as well as Zoom mobile apps, says Zoom.