53 - Jitsi: Privacy-Focused Conference Software

Feb 10 2023 • 1hr 3m

Show Notes

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Emil Ivov and Saúl Ibarra Corretgé of the Jitsi project. Jitsi is an open-sourced privacy-focused video conferencing software. It requires no registration and can work within a browser. This episode explores Jitsi’s end-to-end encryption in depth, ways to make Jitsi Meet even more private, what Jitsi knows about its users, and some background about this fantastic project. Guest Links → https://meet.jit.si → https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet → https://jitsi.org/security (Encryption blog) → https://twitter.com/jitsinews → https://twitter.com/emilivov (Emil Ivov) → https://twitter.com/saghul (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef-5J9eiVgQ (Origins of Jitsi: 20 years in making) Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2 Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:14 – Snapshot of Jitsi Meet 2:19 – How is Jitsi Meet free? 4:51 – Different versions of Jitsi 6:47 – End-to-end encryption 22:42 – What does Jitsi know about its users? 25:40 – How to lock down Jitsi Meet further 29:47 – Gabriel walks through his use of Jitsi Meet 32:36 – Dangers of URL as invitation link 36:20 – Where are Jitsi’s recordings stored? 40:14 – Fear of screen sharing 45:49 – Origins of Jitsi 55:14 - What is next for Jitsi and VOIP?

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@mrmr

21,674 sats

Feb 12 2023

BOOST button enabled. nice one Gabriel ! here's some backdated sats to match value i received. and what an episode #53 was.. nice one. im impressed with the guest and am very very keen to give JITSI a try.

@watchmanprivacy

Feb 13 2023

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@confettimoney

4,000 sats

Feb 14 2023

Great episode again Gabriel. Glad to see you’ve spun up podcasting 2.0. Cheers!

@mrmr

1,080 sats

7 Sep

please explain. (invite them to 'expain') RIP JITSI. I'm very sad. ... they will not attend (my prediction). TTFN.