Quoting Jeremiah C. Foster (2020-04-15 18:57:24) > On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 16:45 -0400, John Sullivan wrote: > > "James Bottomley" <james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com> writes: > > > > > Well, I'm glad you asked ... so far the most promising fully open > > > trial > > > is this one: > > > > > > https://bigbluebutton.org/ > > > > > I've used Jitsi meet a bit and it is pretty decent too; > https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet
For the pragmatic angle of "does it work reliably" I agree that Jitsi is a viable option. Any conferencing service _can_ become unreliable when stressed. Stability for all improves when a) fewest possible participants use their camera, and b) use newest release of a Chromium-based web browser (i.e. best to avoid¹ Firefox or Safari or GNOME Web). > One caveat with tools that use WebRTC - there is no E2E encryption yet > in the protocol. Matrix however does have this and I've used its' > video and audio and that works quite well. True, no general-purpose web browser support E2E encryption for WebRTC calls, so if you want the convenience of "calling from your browser" then you cannot have the strongest of security. That said, WebRTC security is still _better_ than that of non-WebRTC services like Zoom². For conferences crucially needing it, WebRTC with E2E encryption _is_ possible, using a dedicated tool (i.e. not a web browser) and the advanced WebRTC+MLS service at https://wire.com/en/ - Jonas ¹ Because Jitsi until next release (expected few days from now) only reliably supports Chromium-based web browsers - https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758 - and Firefox is known to cause trouble not only for themselves but also for other participants - https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/5439 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1164187 ² Because Zoom is known to jeopardize security and even practice newspeak by advertising that they support "e2e" (meaning something else by that term than the rest of the world): https://onezero.medium.com/zoom-is-a-nightmare-so-why-is-everyone-still-using-it-1b05a4efd5cc -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2785): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/2785 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/73039439/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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