Best videoconference platform
Last updated: November 30, 2020
Here's our favorite videoconference platform: Whereby.
Why: Based in Norway rather than Silicon Valley, Whereby is less prone to the security and surveillance problems that plague Zoom.
Business model: Monthly subscriptions.
• Web: whereby.com
Other options
• Jitsi: free, open-source video conferencing. Can serve as the basis for other services, like Swiss-based kMeet.
• Jitsi Meet vs. Whereby: a good comparison of features between Jitsi, Whereby, and Zoom (Rolf Mistelbacher, April 14, 2020)
• Meet.coop, "open source meeting and conferencing tools, running on cooperatively owned infrastructure," powered by BigBlueButton.
• Jami, free software for videoconferencing and messaging. Peer-to-peer, not centralized, and end-to-end encrypted.
• How to use the Zoom malware safely on Linux if you absolutely have to (Aral Balkan from Better, June 25, 2020)
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