We understand that many of you have been using Zoom to keep in touch with family and friends. Whether you’re doing a quiz, having a catch-up or a formal meeting, it is super important to make sure the security of your meetings isn’t compromised. That is why we have put together this helpful How-To-Guide on being SAFE<\/strong> whilst using zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some meetings were being interrupted by unwanted intruders and causing disruptions that were often with malicious intent. Since these outbreaks, Zoom has put in extra security measures that can be used to safeguard meetings. However, these features can be hidden away and not easily found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow these steps and keep your meetings with family, friends or co-workers secure. It’s a quick and easy process. It means that you won’t have to deal with somebody you don’t know popping into your conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zoom is now automatically adding passwords to accounts. Those passwords can be embedded in the links to people\u2019s personal profiles. For example, if you go to your Zoom profile and look for your \u201cinstant meeting\u201d link, you\u2019ll see it contains both your personal meeting ID and right after that, the password for the meeting. Anyone you send that link to will be able to immediately gain access to your meeting without having to separately post a password. NOTE –<\/strong> Do not share this link publicly as hackers can find this link and use it to come into your meeting without a password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The virtual waiting room allows you to check who is trying to enter your meeting. That way you have to manually accept or decline who enters a meeting. Then there will be no surprises during your get-together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When each participant clicks on their link, they will be asked to wait, while you will get a notification telling you that someone has entered the waiting room. You can either immediately admit them or click on \u201cSee waiting room.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A sidebar will then show you everyone who is waiting to enter the meeting; you can then either admit them, remove them from the waiting room (and from any chance to enter the meeting), or send them a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are expecting a lot of people then you may find this a little tedious but it will ensure that no one that you don’t know shows up in the chat. It is, therefore, SAFER for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once all of the participants are in the meeting you can then use the ‘Lock Meeting’ feature to ensure that nobody enters the call even if they have a meeting ID and password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"zoom](\"https:\/\/geeksonwheels.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zoom_menu.jpg\")
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