Page 16 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2021

Zooming
l

The world of Zoom is interesting. Being in
education, I have had a fair amount of training on

Zoom. Some of that training has centered around
what happens if someone hacks or bombs your

Zoom session. I was grateful a couple of weeks
ago for that training.

It's hard to believe that someone, or a group of
people, can find great joy in creating havoc. I had

heard of Zoom bombing, but it was hard to envision
it. But my cousin asked me to be the technical

person for an online book group meeting. We were

only about a half-hour into the discussion when we
were bombed.

It was not just one person. It was a
coordinated attack by many people. As soon as I

removed someone, they would come back in with a
different account. I locked down the session and

removed people as fast as I could. It was probably
only a couple of minutes, but it seemed like it was

twenty. All the training in the world doesn't quite
compare to the real thing when your session is

under attack. I guess it's kind of like the difference

13