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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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] Kajika@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago (13 children)

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.

Cannot be less clear.

Anyway I don't understand why you'd need an account. I've always created rooms and share the link to people to invite. You can setup a password if you want privacy. Any reason to login?

[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago (11 children)

They are probably talking about using it to share CSAM or other illegal content. They need one person to login to be not anonymous so they can give it to the authorities if necessary.

[–] Smoke@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But why a Google/FB/MS account? Why isn't an email account from an established provider enough, why centralise to three megacorps?

[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because these three provide federated login most email providers do not.

[–] Smoke@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't think I'd unironically hear "This is an advantage because now one company controls all your logins" as a reply to privacy concerns.

[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I didn’t say that. Security and privacy are nearly opposites. This is a security decision.

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