Security News > 2020 > November > Zoom Takes on Zoom-Bombers Following FTC Settlement
The "Suspend Participant Activities" feature is enabled by default for all free and paid Zoom users; and, meeting participants can also report a disruptive user directly from the Zoom client by clicking the top-left "Security" badge.
That advice includes deleting the vulnerable meeting and creating a new one with a new meeting ID, enabling security settings, or using another Zoom solution, like Zoom Video Webinars or OnZoom.
"As a reminder - one of the best ways to keep your Zoom meeting secure is to never share your meeting ID or passcode on any public forum, including social media," according to the company's post.
The FTC alleged that since at least 2016, Zoom falsely claimed that it offered "End-to-end, 256-bit encryption" to secure users' communications, when in fact it maintained the cryptographic keys that could allow Zoom to access the content of its customers' meetings, and secured its Zoom Meetings, in part, with a lower level of encryption than promised.
Zoom has now agreed to an FTC requirement to establish and implement a comprehensive security program, a prohibition on privacy and security misrepresentations, and "Other detailed and specific relief."