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Element Call: Secure video conferencing for Matrix (element.io)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Element Call is an open source end-to-end encrypted video and voice conferencing solution built on the Matrix protocol for secure communication.

We’re developing Element Call to provide the best possible security properties with compulsory end-to-end encryption, supporting sender verification, forward secrecy, post-compromise secrecy, zero-trust decentralisation and cross-domain capability. It achieves this by building on the foundations of Matrix as a mature, audited [1], open standard protocol for secure communication.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't element already support calls?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

That isn't built on Matrix afaik, it's specific to the Element client.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

If I remember correctly it needs a (CO) TURN server, so maybe this is about an embedded solution?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yes, also confused by this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Let's Goooooo

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome and has been a long-time coming. I wonder how much (if any) of Jitsi Meet is still part of the code? I just know that Matrix was struggling with secured video for a long time, and initially leveraged Jitsi Meet for their video chat with more than two participants.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Doesn't Jitsi Meet require an account on questionable services to host meetings nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I dont know, I really havent followed closely in a while. I just remember last time I tried Matrix they were using Jitsi

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I remember using Jitsi Meet before and it was fine. But when I tried it again a few months ago, it started demanding an account for hosts. I think the options for account providers were Google, Github and LinkedIn but don't remember exactly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are instances that work without an account still. It's the main benefit of the whole thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I thought Jitsi Meet is like a separate partially proprietary app that uses Jitsi open-source technologies. Does it support self-hosting? Jitsi itself is extremely complicated to set up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Jitsi meet is the hosted service of the open source project provided by the developers. The proprietary variant is 8x8.com

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Oof, that stinks!