One advantage of not being true e2ee is that Jitsi Meet scales well. Jitsi Meet supports screen sharing (an essential feature for business use), Google Calendar, and Office 356 integration (via browser extension), and even seamless Slack integration.

Video up to 1080p resolution (HD) is supported, although this can be reduced if bandwidth is an issue. We noticed a few frame drops, but the picture was sharp and the audio ( HD with Opus) clear. In use, we were impressed by the audio and video quality in calls. A true e2ee group chat solution is also in the works, with a demo available for those interested in helping to put it through its paces. Setting up a server is very easy and downloads are available for all major mobile and desktop platforms. This can be heavily mitigated against, however, by self-hosting your own server. Group calls are also encrypted using DTLS-SRTP, but because group functionality is built on top of WebRTC, decryption is performed on the server the meeting is hosted on (and is therefore not e2ee). One-to-one video and audio calls are end-to-end encrypted using DTLS-SRTP. Each of these apps does things its own way, so it's up to you to decide which one best fits your video conferencing needs. Please note that the following list is not really intended to be in any particular order.

Use end-to-end encrypted and/or are self-hosted so that no third party can access your data.

Are open source so they can be independently checked for bugs and examined to ensure they are doing what they say they do.

As usual, our core criteria for this that apps: In this article we explore the video conferencing options available for those who value true privacy and security. Unfortunately, the apps most people turn to for this - such as Zoom, Facebook Messenger, Houseparty, Google Hangouts, and the like - are neither particularly secure nor private when it comes to group video calls. The COVID-19 crisis has seen a huge growth of interest in video conferencing and group video chat apps as people harness technology to maintain personal relationships with friends, family, and work colleagues.

Mobile video conference