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July 14, 2020 10:20 am
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/14/21323856/google-meet-g-suite-education-enterprise-anonymous-users-blocked-zoombombing
Google Meet adds new zoombombing protections for online classes
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Google is turning on new security features in its Google Meet video chat service for meetings held by education subscribers, the company has announced. The changes, which are due to go into effect over the next 15 days, will mean that anonymous users won’t be able to join meetings organized by G Suite for Education or G Suite Enterprise for Education subscribers. An anonymous user is anyone not signed into a Google account, the company says.
The new features appear to be designed to prevent “zoombombing,” where unauthorized users connect to meetings and disrupt them by broadcasting shock videos, or hurling insults. ZDNet notes that as school lessons have moved online due to the pandemic, some students have shared links to their classes...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/14/21323856/google-meet-g-suite-education-enterprise-anonymous-users-blocked-zoombombing
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