[psanford]

We're just talking about software delivery here. Its the same as Debian not requiring you register before using `apt` to install packages (or every other linux distro).

[bduerst]

The article gives specific examples like virtual meeting software that doesn't have users, just URLs. It's more than that.

[hedora]

The solution for that is easy: Don't share the new URL with someone that was a jerk in the past. (And don't make it easy to guess meeting URLs)

[bduerst]

How do you share a URL without a user representation to share with? How do you prevent others from sharing URLs with bad actors? Or meeting passwords?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoombombing

[tedunangst]

You send the url to your friends however you like. Email, chat, QR code. You don't send it to people who aren't your friends.

[bduerst]

> How do you prevent others from sharing URLs with bad actors?

Sure, but then the student who shares their interactive class URL (w/ or w/o password) on 4chan still isn't accounted for.

[krageon]

Your argument boils down to "I came up with one scenario where this is bad, so it can't work at all" and I find this dissatisfying. If this hypothetical student "shared" their user account and then disavowed giving it out, you would have the same issues.

[f1refly]

You can easily generate individual share links for every pupil and sanction the one whose link was used by a hundred random people from all over the world to join the conference. Jitsi and Big Blue Button are both able to handle this special use case where users aren't trusted to act in good faith I believe.