Software Update: Zoom 5.4.6

Version 5.4.6 of the video conferencing software Zoom has been released. This program makes it possible to attend online meetings, conferences and lectures, among other things. It is available for the most common operating systems and is available in a free and paid version with more features. Like several comparable solutions, Zoom has grown in popularity during the corona crisis, despite it turned out that it did not always have security in order. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes to existing features

• Change to default behavior of desktop notifications for upcoming meetings
  New users will have this setting enabled by default, reminding them of upcoming meetings through a desktop notification. Existing users will not be affected, keeping this setting as it currently is on their profile. This can be enabled through the Settings page in the Zoom web portal, or in the desktop client’s general settings.

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Partially encrypted meeting warning
    Unencrypted connections, such as audio through phone dial-in, unencrypted SIP/H.323 devices, or streaming via RTMP, will alert the host and other attendees that some aspects of the meeting are not fully encrypted.
  • Additional MSI/GPO option
    • Disable Video Filters – DisableVideoFilters
• Meeting features
  • Enhanced co-host privileges over Breakout Rooms
    Co-hosts have the same breakout room controls as the meeting host, such as starting or ending breakout rooms, assigning participants, etc.
  • Move participants to main session from breakout room
    Hosts and co-hosts have the option to assign a participant back to the main session, rather than ending all breakout sessions.
• Phone features
  • Enhanced notification for unknown emergency address
    For users that have enabled nomadic emergency services, we enhanced the visibility of the pop-up notification that prompts users to confirm or update their emergency address when they are in an unknown location. A user’s current emergency address is also now persistently shown in the Phone tab in the client settings.

Resolved Issues

• Resolved issue for subset of users regarding local chat transcripts saving in the incorrect location
• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes