

The other change is making the Waiting Room enabled by default. That will stop unwanted people using a meeting link to access later meetings with the same meeting ID and password combination. Perhaps the compromise is to continue using one-click join but change the password regularly. Turning this option off means you’ll have to separately give the password to participants which is time consuming and might cause connection hassles. The password inclusion option can be turned off at Settings | Meetings | Embed password in meeting link for one-click join. That’s one reason why we recommend changing the meeting password and resending meeting links. If an intruder gets the link, they can access any meeting using the same meeting ID and password. The link doesn’t disclose the password, just a scrambled version of it. Meeting invitations can be sent as links with an encrypted version of the password, what Zoom calls ‘One-Click Join’.

We suggest a step beyond Zoom’s new settings. That also applies to meetings shared via calendar integration. Or sharing meeting ID’s found online.įor meetings already scheduled with a PMI (Personal Meeting ID) you’ll need to share the new password either directly or send a new meeting link (which has an encrypted password included). Hackers and intruders are just trying random meeting ID (a nine digit code) until they find a live and unprotected meeting to join. Anyone who finds that ID can join a non-passworded future meeting. That’s important because free accounts have a single, unchanging Personal Meeting ID. The same applies to accounts with a single licensed user. Meeting Passwordsīasic (free) accounts must now set a password for all meetings. Waiting Room is a good idea for larger groups when it’s hard to keep track of who is in the meeting or class.

The password requirement is good but doesn’t go far enough, we’ll explain why and what to do. Passwords must be set for all meetings and the Waiting Room is now on by default. There’s more for a Zoom host should do to protect their meetings, classes and calls. Zoom has changed some meeting defaults to make their group calls, webinars, classes etc a bit more secure from intruders.
