[Bradford] Jitsi ended anonymous video meetings

[bradlug at hackroyd.org.uk]

 It just said it was importing contacts so it is probable that it was just the signal ones. However, adopting Signal will mean, I think, that anyone listed on Signal will first have to be a contact.
I  agree that Calyx is a good option in the short term but, maybe on the night, or otherwise, we could try  http://bigbluebutton.org/  as well to see what facilities it has to offer. If a good server is available then we have the choice of installing BigBlueButton or Jitsi as they are both Open Source and available for download.
Brian

    On Thursday, 7 September 2023 at 12:31:59 BST, John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:  
 
 Dear Brian

Interesting about Signal; it recently dropped working with anyone who did not 
have Signal installed. So I am surprised that it wanted access to a contacts 
list which probably included people without Signal installed.

Perhaps, given the shortage of time until the next meeting, we could try Calyx 
unless someone comes up with an alternative before then.

John
On Thursday, 7 September 2023 11:37:53 BST bradlug--- via Bradford wrote:
>  Firstly, I think we have to rule out 'self hosted' as we tried that at the
> very beginning and found it to be of poor performance, that is why we
> switched to the public Jitsi.  I've just looked at Signal and Calyx. Jitsi
> hasn't been without its problems so I hoped that Signal would be a better
> choice. I installed the Linux desktop version, I already had it installed
> on my Android OS phone. It installed OK but then it displayed a QR code to
> be scanned by a mobile app. Once done it tried to download all my contacts.
> I didn't like that as I feel that it should have asked me first. However, I
> must have already blocked it on the phone so it didn't do any transfer of
> contacts. It seems to be intrusive in that everyone will have to be on my
> contact list for this to work.Then I tried Calyx. Not much to say really,
> it's a Jitsi clone.  In addition, I easily found a list of web sites that
> use Jitsi, though there are others, Websites using Jitsi in the United
> Kingdom
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> Websites using Jitsi in the United Kingdom
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> Download a list of all websites using Jitsi in the United Kingdom
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> https://vc.greennet.org.uk  
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> That one didn't even have the 'Join the meeting' button, it just went
> straight in to a clone Jitsi.
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> A list of possible servers gives us the possibility of moving servers if one
> is found to be of low performance. I haven't tried any other options. Of
> course we could go commercial and go for Discord. It would have the
> advantage of possibly attracting others and is likely to perform well as a
> server. Some years ago I took a look at http://bigbluebutton.org/  I've
> just signed up for it again and ventured to the 'Demo' - I think that is
> probably the public server, it can be self hosted, it is Open Source. If it
> is possible to use the 'Demo' version then I think this is definitely worth
> a try. This site is geared up for school use so could offer some good
> facilities. Maybe someone would like to try it out with me?
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> Brian
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>    On Wednesday, 6 September 2023 at 21:49:31 BST, John Robert Hudson
> <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
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> Dear all
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> Well spotted Brian. What do others think? Try Calyx meet? Try Signal? Try
> setting up our own Jitsi instance?
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> See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMyB04Dq72A
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> John
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