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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by behnamoh on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:58AM (#27435290)
Then how come Zoom works in FF?
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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by systoll on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:08AM (#27435391)
Because the Zoom web client doesn't support end-to-end encrypted calls. Only their apps do.

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360048660871-End-t...

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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by lxgr on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:41PM (#27441268)
That can‘t be why – one benefit of their weird way of using WebRTC is that it would actually allow them to provide end to end encryption in all browsers, regardless of support for WebRTC insertable streams.
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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by lxgr on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:39PM (#27441237)
Zoom does very weird things in the browser. They essentially don‘t use WebRTC, but rather grab raw camera frames, H.264 encode them in software (using WASM!) and shove them down a Websocket (or WebRTC Data Connection. This lets them use their own encryption as well.

More details: https://webrtchacks.com/zoom-avoids-using-webrtc/

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