Because the incidents tend to involved hateful, hurtful, or offensive images and speech, the effects of Zoombombing are large enough to warrant preventative measures, no matter how small the likelihood that you will be affected.

The likelihood goes up if you post your meeting link publicly or fail to use available security features. There is a slim chance that you will be directly affected by Zoombombing.

Zoombombers can also pick meetings to attend, either by choosing publicly-posted meetings or choosing random meeting IDs to join.

Sometimes students in the course share class meeting information with or without the intention of inviting Zoombombers.

A large percentage of Zoombombing cases seem to happen in one of two ways. Zoombombing is when uninvited participants join an in-session video conference and make themselves known, often in offensive or disturbing ways. We’ll also look at the question of how to respond if your class is targeted by Zoombombers. In this guide, we’ll explore what Zoombombing is and how to deter potential Zoombombers with easy-to-use security features (like enabling the waiting room or locking your meeting).

With the exponential growth in the use of video conferencing tools around the world, Zoom in particular has suffered from a destructive trend called Zoombombing.

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