Zoom Bombers

I'm disgusted with Zoom!  My church has been using it since COVID and has been Bombed twice in the last six months.  Last Sunday was it for me.  I'm going to everything in my power to ensure we never use it again!  Zoom either can't or won't stop these attacks so it's time to move on to a different method of streaming our services.  Enough is enough and this has gone on for years without any resolution.  Very sad support.

It’s been getting ridiculous in NA meetings as well. We had one tonight that posed as me and I help co-host a women’s meeting. The bomber gained co-host privileges, pretending to be me, and they kicked all our other members out. When someone is removed from the meeting they can’t return for 24 hours. You have to use a different device. So the meeting had to be ended abruptly. I reported it but it’s been every single night for like 3 days, but tonight it was worse. And the images are highly inappropriate in nature! 

I've been attending A.A. meetings regularly since 1985, sporadically for a decade before that, and all long before Zoom was even a dream.   Meeting interruptions are nothing new, but the ability to spread images and non-stop chat messages come with the advancement of technology.   What's the point?   Simple, have your meetings.   Use the tools available to deal with the interruptions.    If it comes to it, open your living rooms to a few close friends or obtain a coffee pot and rent a space somewhere.   Zoom is just a tool to help reach more people, but they (Zoom) are not responsible for the message we carry.   I attend multiple Zoom meetings almost daily and we deal with the bombers, and the next day have a laugh at their expense and move on.   Rule 62.

Since we discovered the pin feature any bombers coming in are toast.  Some dude flashes whatever and he's gone before anyone else in the room even notices.  The Pin is my Pal.

We also do zooms that are open to outsiders. They get the info from Eventbrite. I’ve started emailing to just the people I can get, but they’re getting more tricky. We have everything shut down, but they’re getting will change to inappropriate profile pictures, draw on the screens, or unmute. We allow the unmute because we need the engagement to do our workshops, but we may have to go to webinars. It’s frustrating.