Zoom-Alternative

Many of us now work from home or stay at home and spend many hours online. Being online it’s almost a necessity: from ordering food through work to entertainment. I’ve been wondering how to keep myself safe online. It’s obviously not possible to not get hacked, just take a look at the richest man Jeff Bezos got hacked [1], or recently many big US corporations and government agencies [2]. So the question about being safe online is not so much about if it’s possible, but how to limit the possibility of it. ...

This year allowed many people to work from home and because of that most of the communication had to be moved online. I always wanted to try to setup some easy to use video conferencing system, but my impression was that it’s really hard thing to do and to maintain. This year I finally discovered Jitsi (https://jitsi.org/) for myself. Looked nice and simple: just send an URL and open it in a web browser, that’s it! But… can I self host it? Well, yes! I’ve been using my self-hosted version of Jitsi to chat with friends and family for last 6 months, and it works really well. Especially audio, it’s so clear and feels like real (not sure if it’s just a feeling, or a latency is very minimal or something else). Video is OK, similar to other video chat apps. And they provide apps for Android and iOS as well. ...