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		rrdharan on Aug 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop using Zoom, Hamburg’s data protection agency ... Google Meet does not require an account to join a meeting. https://support.google.com/meet/answer/9303069

vitus on Aug 17, 2021 [–]

Um, it does...?

Under "Personal account users":

"Anyone who isn’t signed into a Google account can’t join your meetings."

This is a feature, not a bug: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2020/07/anonymous-us...

Although: "Note, this does not prevent users from dialing in by phone."

rrdharan on Aug 18, 2021 | [–]

That’s specific to the education SKU and is to prevent zoom-bombing… and an admin can disable it.

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