A number of private school departments in Fujairah changed the distance learning program, "Zum," as a precaution, with another more special program, in response to security warnings issued by information technology experts to penetrate these programs, the privacy of students and educational staff.
Aisha at Salem School, an administrator in one of the private schools in Fujairah, reported that her teacher studied the negatives of the “Zoom” program on the privacy of students and their families in addition to the educational staff. Within the responsibility of the school.
She added that such programs did not enable the educational staff to prevent any outsider attending classes, especially with the large number of students and the ease of obtaining the link of the share that is sent to students and their families.
Parents of students at private schools in Fujairah received emails saying, “As you saw recently in various media, there were concerns about the safety of using Zoom as an online platform, so we decided to stop using Zoom at the end of the week, understanding that this might "It is a source of inconvenience to you, but the safety of our children is our top priority. We will once again return to using the Microsoft Times program starting on Sunday April 26th, which is our main platform to provide direct lessons."
For his part, Information Security Adviser, and an expert for analyzing and developing the performance of individuals and institutions, Abdel-Nour Sami, stressed that change is a necessary requirement to ensure the privacy of students, as there is no program dedicated to students receiving their education remotely safely, securely and preserving their privacy. Safer than other programs.
He added that the Zoom program was designed for work teams and meetings for companies, but that, given the current conditions and for precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the Corona virus, it was used to implement the distance education system in easier ways for students and parents, especially since some programs require deeper technical knowledge to deal with them. , While Zoom and Microsoft Teams are easy to access through a link that is sent by students ’educational staff.
He pointed out that the advantages of the Zoom program enabled it to be easily penetrated by some and their entry into the classroom while students received their education remotely, in order to tamper with the educational system by broadcasting videos that are not related to education, adding that the program itself records and maintains all the videos that were made between teachers and students In his database, and uses it in any way he wants, whether in terms of advertising or otherwise.
He pointed out that it was recently announced through various media outlets about leaking data of more than 50 million users, including a number of students and their families.
Exotic people attended classrooms and broadcast videos unrelated to education.