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