Free software tools for staying in touch
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Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#2Jitsi is the primarily recommended alternative video conferencing tool here, which hasn't had anywhere near the security scrutiny that Zoom has had. I'd prefer to use the tool that we understand is moderately secure, though flawed, rather than the tool that is a security unknown.
It seems a little much to recommend Jitsi as 'better', when nobody is really sure of that.
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#3Wiki on this topic: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Remote_Communication
Mailing list on this topic: https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/remotecommuni...
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#4Zoom is still the best performing software. Alternatives fail in various ways. I wrote Emergency Remote[0], and for some companies thrown into the situation it is best to use it anyway. They can't handle more trouble during this time.
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#5Jitsi is the primarily recommended alternative video conferencing tool here, which hasn't had anywhere near the security scrutiny that Zoom has had. I'd prefer to use the tool that we understand is moderately secure, though flawed, rather than the tool that is a security unknown. It seems a little much to recommend Jitsi as 'better', when nobody is really sure of that.
I would not call Zoom secure. Example: https://www.androidauthority.com/zoom-feature-freeze-1101693...
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#6Jitsi is the primarily recommended alternative video conferencing tool here, which hasn't had anywhere near the security scrutiny that Zoom has had. I'd prefer to use the tool that we understand is moderately secure, though flawed, rather than the tool that is a security unknown. It seems a little much to recommend Jitsi as 'better', when nobody is really sure of that.
I would not call Zoom secure. Example: https://www.androidauthority.com/zoom-feature-freeze-1101693...
I would not call OP stated that "calls Zoom secure":
"moderately secure, though flawed"
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#7Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#8Jitsi is the primarily recommended alternative video conferencing tool here, which hasn't had anywhere near the security scrutiny that Zoom has had. I'd prefer to use the tool that we understand is moderately secure, though flawed, rather than the tool that is a security unknown. It seems a little much to recommend Jitsi as 'better', when nobody is really sure of that.
> I'd prefer to use the tool that we understand is moderately secure, though flawed, rather than the tool that is a security unknown.
That's really a weak argument: bad is not better than unknown. And in this case unknown is not unknown.
Jisti is OSS, has been reviewed as such, and has been around since way before zoom was even invented.
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#9Zoom is still the best performing software. Alternatives fail in various ways. I wrote Emergency Remote[0], and for some companies thrown into the situation it is best to use it anyway. They can't handle more trouble during this time. [0] https://www.emergencyremote.com/EmergencyRemote.pdf
I fundamentally disagree. Webex has been around longer and despite the zoom founder trying to trash it, has been more reliable for me.
They just apparently spent their money on building an enterprise-worthy app instead of marketing.
https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-...
Re: Free software tools for staying in touch
#10Zoom is still the best performing software. Alternatives fail in various ways. I wrote Emergency Remote[0], and for some companies thrown into the situation it is best to use it anyway. They can't handle more trouble during this time. [0] https://www.emergencyremote.com/EmergencyRemote.pdf
The point of OP's post isn't which has better performance, it's about sticking to ethical principles in the face of challenges.