Notices tagged with jitsi, page 2

April has brought some exciting changes to #Jitsi, the software that powered this year's #LibrePlanet2020 conference. Read the Jitsi team's latest round of updates, and the FSF's post on free communication tools here: https://u.fsf.org/317 https://u.fsf.org/311

So be aware folks! Use #Jitsi Meet, #NextCloud Talk or #BigBlueButton instead (in random order) if possible.

*#Zoom Meetings Do Not Support End-to-End Encryption*

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/

"… Without end-to-end encryption, Zoom has the technical ability to spy on private video meetings and could be compelled to hand over recordings of meetings to governments or law enforcement in response to legal requests. While other companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft publish transparency reports that describe exactly how many government requests for user data they receive from which countries and how many of those they comply with, Zoom does not publish a transparency report. On March 18, human rights group Access Now published an open letter calling on Zoom to release a transparency report to help users understand what the company is doing to protect their data. …"

#videoConferencing ,,,

(via @mousebot and @thenewoil)

Jitsi is getting a lot of mentions here.

I wonder if people are aware of GNU Jami, a P2P solution.
https://jami.net/

Jami has end-to-end encryption while Jitsi is only encrypted during transit. The Jitsi server has your packets available in unencrypted form. If you can't trust a Jitsi server and need end-to-end encryption, Jami can be a good alternative.

#Jitsi #Jami #e2ee