Time for another opinionated post. This time on… end-to-end encryption (e2ee). Zoom apparently claims it supports e2ee while it can not satisfy that promise. Is WebRTC any better? Zoom does not have End to End Encryption Let’s get to the bottom of things fast: Boo Zoom! I reviewed how Zoom’s implements their web client last […]
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Private Home Surveillance with the WebRTC DataChannel (Ivelin Ivanov)
When most people think of WebRTC they think of video communications. Similarly, home surveillance is usually associated with video streaming. That’s why I was surprised to hear about a home security project that leverages WebRTC not for video streaming, but for the DataChannel. WebRTC’s DataChannel might not demo as well as a video call, but […]
Perfect Negotiation
Series preface: We generally lean toward long posts here at webrtcHacks, but not all interesting topics warrant a lot of new text. Sometimes briefer is better. So to better address the many topics that fit into this category, we are starting a new Minimum Duration series. Here is our first post under this set covering […]
Is everyone switching to Unified Plan?
Review of Chrome’s migration to WebRTC’s Unified Plan, how false metrics may have misguided this effort, and what that means moving forward.
How Zoom’s web client avoids using WebRTC (DataChannel Update)
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on October 23, 2018. Zoom recently started using WebRTC’s DataChannels so we have added some new details at the end in the DataChannels section. Zoom has a web client that allows a participant to join meetings without downloading their app. Chris Koehncke was excited to see how this […]