Discussion

• @alexlmiller Alex Miller on x

  Using Zoom to host a community call (like @hunterwalk and @CaseyNewton's @wfhappyhour?). It's great but unfortunately it can be abused by bad actors - so here's how to make sure you keep control over it well! Starting on the Main Settings page at https://zoom.us/...

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  @thekenyeung @Jessicalessin @CaseyNewton @hunterwalk I flagged the issue to Zoom's CEO but instead of changing anything they just put out a PSA like “Yep, here are our dangerous defaults” https://twitter.com/...

• @hunterwalk @hunterwalk on x

  @JoshConstine @thekenyeung @Jessicalessin @CaseyNewton tbh, i sympathize w them - they've seen a massive spike in an unintended use case (publicly-shared zooms) by first time hosts. And probably are all hands on deck just keeping the core product working. I'm sure they'll figure …

• @wadhwa Vivek Wadhwa on x

  The dangers of the new teleconference era that we are entering. https://twitter.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  The trolls of the internet are under quarantine, too, and they're looking for Zooms to disrupt. I wrote about the rash of Zoombombing that's been happening this week https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jessicalessin Jessica Lessin on x

  Our video call was just attacked by someone who kept sharing pornography + switching between different user accounts so we could not block them. Stay tuned for next steps. And I am sorry to everyone who experienced. We shut down as soon as we could.

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  Savage. Someone just bombed @CaseyNewton's WFH Happy Hour Zoom call with screenshares of the Internet's most disgusting videos, and the only fix was to kill the call. https://twitter.com/...

• @thekenyeung Ken Yeung on x

  The Information just got zoom boomed too, similar to @CaseyNewton and @hunterwalk. https://twitter.com/...

• @page88 Virginia Heffernan on x

  Another day, another twist. Kids and schools using Zoom should be aware. The images are predictably horrific. ⁦@StevenLevy⁩ says they'd shock an 8chan regular. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @jessicalessin Jessica Lessin on x

  Thank you @TaylorLorenz for identifying the porn :) But seriously. People. Check your settings. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Can't wait for curious Times readers to fire up Google this weekend to find more info on this shock video. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @oliviasolon Olivia Solon on x

  are stream peens the new dick pics? https://twitter.com/...

• @profcarroll @profcarroll on x

  Default settings matter. (this also seems like an abuse problem that's trivially east to fix with a UI/UX tweak — Zoom can simply change the default settings for screensharing) https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @mcwm Mike Murphy on x

  anyone who hosts online conferences and doesn't set sharing of others' screens to off as default, you are doing it wrong https://techcrunch.com/...

• @sanzscript Catherine Sanz on x

  I am so proud that I lived through the peak of this video being shared & I still haven't seen it. https://twitter.com/...

• @pmabray Paul Mabray on x

  For all of the wine industry jumping into online tastings, this is an important read. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  Happy to see the term Zoombombing I coined become a global PSA thanks to @TaylorLorenz. Protect yourself until Zoom fixes its defaults https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  PornZoom is lame. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  @Jessicalessin Here are all the tips you need to prevent trolls from attacking your stream https://techcrunch.com/...

• @hj_dewaard Helen DeWaard on x

  Beware of trolls sabotaging your zoom session. If you are hosting a video call, change your settings before you start! Thx @verenanz for this share! @OpenLibraryON @eCampusOntario @avanbarn @NeuroscienceUT @greeneterry @IrenequStewart @NurseKillam https://techcrunch.com/...

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  @sarahkunst @Jessicalessin @karaswisher Yeah that was similar to what happened to us last week and I wrote about how to stop. Zoom's settings need to adapt to its newfound public use cases and subsequent risks https://techcrunch.com/...