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> I know more than a few elementary school teachers who are now hosting zoom classes with 15+ 5 year olds on a call. Given the ease of setup of Zoom which defa
by mistersquid 7y ago
> I know more than a few elementary school teachers who are now hosting zoom classes with 15+ 5 year olds on a call.
Given the ease of setup of Zoom which defaulted to a machine-guessable URL which displayed email and other information about participants, this is one reason Zoom is rightly being scrutinized and criticized for poor security.
- stri8ed 7y ago> Zoom which defaulted to a machine-guessable URL Was there any rational for them doing this?
- taf2 7y agoFirst thing that comes to my mind is: a friendly URL in a email body that doesn't get clipped or mangled in such away that it can't be easily opened.
- martin_a 7y agoEase of use, probably. Now every private room is by default secured with a password, I think.
- organsnyder 7y agoZoom has clearly focused on UX above all else. This explains both their popularity and the security issues that have recently been uncovered.
- est 7y ago> Was there any rational for them doing this? Conference ids are numbers for easier dial-in?