meet.jit.si, the Jitsi Team's instance, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service - eviltoast
Authentication on meet.jit.si - Jitsi
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What’s going on? Starting on August 24th, we will no longer support the anonymous creation of rooms on meet.jit.si, and will require the use of an account (we will be supporting Google, GitHub and Facebook […]

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7363991

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.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      If I had my druthers I’d start a business setting up and hosting these sorts of things because it’s way better than using a centralized service.

      Unfortunately, my druthers fields lie barren.