On: Proof of concept: end-to-end encryption in Jitsi M...

[sigwinch28]

I'm not sure if you are aware of the difference, but you can use Chromium instead of Chrome.

I am mainly a Firefox user on NixOS, but for running Chrom{e,ium} I find that Firejail [0] is a good option. For example, to run chromium in "store" mode and point it to the demo jitsi instance:

    firejail --profile=chromium chromium --app="https://meet.jit.si"

In reality, I combine this with `nix-shell` and set it as a shell alias, since Chromium isn't something I use regularly:

    nix-shell -p chromium --run "firejail --profile=chromium chromium --app=\"https://meet.jit.si\""

The `--app` option removes browser controls, so it almost behaves like an Electron application.

[0]: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail

[garmaine → sigwinch28]

I’m not going to run a different browser for one application.

I don’t even install anything derived from Chrome in my computer, and I’m not going to change that policy.

[sigwinch28 → garmaine]

Fair enough.

Please be aware that aside from E2E demoed here, there is allegedly a Firefox-specific bug regarding WebRTC which degrades performance for all participants in a call: https://community.jitsi.org/t/software-unusable-on-firefox-w...

[barbs → sigwinch28]

Or you can download the Electron app here

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron

[sigwinch28 → barbs]

Didn't realise they had one! Might be more convenient than my shell aliases :)