Remember Zoom and its infamous 'zoombombing' incidents? The increase in people working from home has pushed more people to use video meeting apps, but it brought a slew of new issues like strangers crashing video meetings. Google has been working hard to ensure its Google Meet platform avoids the same problems and has announced new preventive measures.
Google is adding security measures to G Suite for Education, making it so that anonymous users won't be able to join a video meeting even if they have the link. Users must log in to a Google account to be able to access the meeting, but Google didn't specify if it has to be an account that was invited to the meeting. Then again, your account will need to be under G Suite for Education anyway so that's one measure of security.
Of course, G Suite for Education admins can request to disable the feature so that anonymous users can join the video meeting. This could be useful in instances like public seminars, but do be reminded of the issues that may occur. Also, you'll have to contact G Suite support for the request, which means you'll have to do it in advance so that they can change the setting.
This is probably most relevant for colleges and smart schools in Malaysia that use Google Meet. Having said that, do you use the premium G Suite version of Google Meet? What other features do you think it should have? Let us know on our Facebook page and stay tuned to TechNave.com for more news.
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