Tuesday, February, 9th, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
February 9, 2021
Dear members of the Tufts University community,
Last night, another Tufts meeting on Zoom was interrupted in the most despicable way. To protect the safety of those in the meeting—and to avoid giving the perpetrators the attention they crave—we are not going to share the details other than to say it was abhorrent and unacceptable. We will work with law enforcement to ensure the perpetrators are appropriately charged, and if they are members of our community, they will also be held to account through our disciplinary processes.
While this is never the fault of those who experience such attacks, we sadly live in a society where we must all take steps to fight back and prevent such incidents from happening. While Zoom has been a useful tool during the pandemic, its very nature of allowing open and free discourse regardless of where we may be on the planet has directly led to these horrible incidents. Therefore, we have no choice but to work together to further secure our Zoom meetings, check our settings to include passwords and waiting rooms, and be more circumspect in how we share meeting links, among other steps.
I urge you to follow the steps from TTS below to increase the security of your Zoom meetings.
Sincerely,
Tony Monaco
Steps for Securing Zoom Meetings
TTS will be creating and posting video tutorials for how to implement the steps above. In the meantime, for more information and instructions on how to perform any of the above tasks, please refer to the online documentation Zoom FAQS.