==== Video Chat ====

as of 2020... 
  * Jitsi Meet -> https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/
  * Zoom -> https://zoom.us/

comparisons...  
  * https://stackshare.io/stackups/jitsi-vs-zoom
  * [[skype surveillance]] & [[https://www.metafilter.com/186341/Zoom-at-your-own-risk|zoom at your own risk]]

zoomless
  * [[https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/taiwan-zoom-video-conference-1.5524384|Taiwan joins Canada in banning Zoom for government video conferencing]]
  * [[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/google-bans-zoom|Google Told Its Workers That They Can’t Use Zoom On Their Laptops Anymore]]
  * [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/virtual-orgy-sex-party-zoom-nsfw-982785/|Platforms like Zoom aren’t happy about being used for NSFW purposes]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/nicoagrant/status/1268020841054269440|Zoom’s CEO says he won’t encrypt free calls so Zoom can work more with law enforcement "in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose”]] and [[https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1268061790954385408?s=21|2]]
  * [[https://www.axios.com/zoom-closes-chinese-user-account-tiananmen-square-f218fed1-69af-4bdd-aac4-7eaf67f34084.html|The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre]]

see also [[abandon the stacks]]