Another step you can take is to lock a meeting once you're sure that everyone who needs to join has joined. From the desktop app, click Manage Participants, More, and then Lock Meeting. Just make doubly sure that you weren't expecting someone who hasn't yet arrived, as they won't be able to get in.
Add all of these measures up together and you can be very confident that your next Zoom meeting isn't about to get rudely interrupted. Be careful not to get complacent though, particularly when it comes to limiting the exposure of the meeting IDs and the passwords that you're using for your video calls.
Stay Private
So you're safe and protected from outsiders; all that's left is an awareness of what your boss can peek at while you're using Zoom as a meeting participant. Meeting hosts have a lot of privileges and tools at their disposal, which you should know about going in.
There's an attention-tracking feature built into Zoom for instance, that tells hosts if you click away from the Zoom app for more than 30 seconds. This only appears when you're screen sharing, but it's something to bear in mind.
Also remember that hosts can record audio and video from meetings in full, as well as keep a record of public chats. What's more, if you save the chat log for yourself, it will also include private chats you've been involved in, so be very careful about sharing that file with anyone else. Don't just post it in the group chat for everyone to read.
There's not a lot you can do about these features, which are designed to make it easier to create logs for people to look back on later, but ..
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