Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by ilaksh on Monday September 01, 2014 @11:53PM (#8255757)

What's wrong with WebRTC?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by tsahil on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @04:33AM (#8256365)

Some context please?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by ilaksh on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @12:10PM (#8258401)

WebRTC allows peer-to-peer video conferencing through a web browser without a third party server. Which means there is no intermediary server to record the data.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @12:15PM (#8258436)

Actually any peer-to-peer communication system has the property, regardless of the existence of a 'rendezvous' server to get them connected.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by ilaksh on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @01:37PM (#8258971)

OK so what's wrong with WebRTC? Why do we need this other client they just invented?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @11:23AM (#8263449)

WebRTC is just a protocol. You can use it any way you like. Lots of folks use it to talk to a switching server, probably because P2P IP connections can't always be made, while a server connection is guaranteed to work.

[ Parent | on HN ]