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Re:Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom by andrepd on Monday March 23, 2020 @09:23PM (#22670843)
I was wondering just now why in the midst of all this remote working boom Jitsi Meet is seldom mention. Jitsi Meet has been absolutely stellar every time I've used it. Great interface, not bloated even when running in a browser with 10+ other people, plenty of options to manage conferences with many people (raise-your-hand button, selective muting/soloing, etc). Creating a chat is as easy as typing a name and hitting enter, no account needed! And getting somebody to join is as simple as clicking a link to meet.jitsi.net/yourchatroomname.

On top of that it's open source and end to end encrypted.

Disclaimer: no affiliation, just a happy user.

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Re:Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom by surround on Monday March 23, 2020 @10:02PM (#22671085)
Jitsi meet is not end-to-end encrypted [1]. Rather, it is encrypted with TLS between the client and the server, which doesn’t provide the same security/privacy benefit at all.

The website says it’s “fully encrypted,” which I think is misleading.

[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/README.md#se...

Edit: WebRTC does not support end-to-end encryption for multiple peers. This means it’s impossible for any browser-supported videoconferencing platform to support e2e encryption, including Zoom and Jitsi. This is where Jitsi actually has a unique advantage - it can be self hosted, which offers the same security benefits as e2e encryption.

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Re:Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom by emcho on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:03PM (#22671472)
Signaling is indeed over HTTPS and media is encrypted with DTLS-SRTP. No browsers today support end-to-end encryption for multiparty calls. The advantage that Jitsi offers there is that you can stand it up on your own server in just a few minutes and get protection that is equivalent to end-to-end encryption.
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Re:Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom by surround on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:17AM (#22671867)
Coincidentally, the edit I made to my comment is nearly identical to your comment. But now I’m outside the 1 hour window of being able to edit.
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