Google Meet adds new security features for education subscribers to block anonymous users

Google Meet: Google Meet announces new security features for education subscribers! Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing has gained much popularity for various purposes, including office meetings and virtual school classes. However, the platforms soon proved to be vulnerable to security threats, as several meetings were joined by anonymous users who disrupted these sessions. Zoom, which had gained the first-mover advantage during the pandemic, saw a decline in its popularity due to the security issues itself. While Zoom was also vulnerable to more severe security threats, other platforms were also not spared.

According to reports, there have been instances where anonymous users have joined online classes and created disruptions, most likely after students sent the meeting links to their friends in order to get out of class early. However, now, Google Meet has announced that it has ramped up its security features for subscribers of G Suite for Education or G Suite Enterprise for Education licence. In a blog post on Monday, the platform announced that in virtual meetings organised by education subscribers, anonymous users would be blocked by default. Anonymous users are those who are not signed into a Google account.