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Jitsi, the open-source video conferencing platform, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service (jitsi.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by esaru@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a "Know Your Customer" policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account.

One option to avoid this is to self-host, but then you'll be identifiable via your domain and have to maintain a server.

As a true alternative to Jitsi, there's jami.net. It is a decentralized conference app, free open-source, and account creation is optional. It's available for all major platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android), including on F-Droid.

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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Lol, it was my GOTO specifically because it doesn't require a login and I can send it to my parents who need minimal clicks to enter the room. I even have family that doesn't have a github, facebook, nor google account, so they won't be able to join.

Amazing move Jitsi.

Earlier this year we saw an increase in the number of reports we received about some people using our service in ways that we cannot tolerate. To be more clear, this was not about some people merely saying things that others disliked.

What kind of "illegal things" were they doing? Say it, so that we can comprehend. Make it make sense.

[–] viq@social.hackerspace.pl 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@elouboub

@esaru
Shodan finds 21k instances. https://meet.ffmuc.net/ and https://meet.element.io/ are just two, and I don't expect them to require log in.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on mobile, but does meet.element.io just work? I would expect that to only work for Matrix users

[–] viq@social.hackerspace.pl 2 points 2 years ago

@ReversalHatchery
Just verified (from mobile) and it just works 🤷

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