It hasn’t been a good week for Zoom. On top of the reports of zoom-bombing, there have been announced vulnerabilities in both the Windows and macOS versions of the Zoom Desktop Client which expose passwords or allows hackers to run… Read More
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New Zoom Security Feature
Because of a publicly announced open meeting in Zoom, a UF student government meeting was zoom-bombed this week. UFIT quickly investigated and has provided a solution. An additional feature that Zoom provides for restricting meeting participants to authenticated users has… Read More
Is your Zoom Meeting Safe?
With the increased self-quarantines, social distancing, and stay-at-home directives that is necessary during this time, UF, like most of the world, has moved online to get work done. The tool of choice at UF, and for many other places, for… Read More
Addressing HonorLock Privacy and Security Concerns
In light of moving classes online, a number of students have expressed their concerns about HonorLock’s terms of service and privacy policy. Honorlock is a tool that UF has enabled that records an exam session while allowing students to test… Read More
Adobe Changes to Single-Sign-On (SSO)
Adobe announced a week or two ago free licensing to students because of the impacts that COVID-19 is having on schools and universities. UFIT has been working to bring that to campus. On Friday, March 20th, it was enabled. Student’s… Read More