[LINK] Open-source alternatives to Skype

[David Lochrin]

While on the subject of video-conference technology, I believe this is doing the rounds in Canberra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ

No more YouTube clips, promise.
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Back on topic, https://opensource.com/alternatives/skype lists open-source alternatives to Skype.

Two of these are Jitsi and Jami (formerly Ring) which is described as: "An official GNU package, Jami is licensed under the GPLv3, and takes its commitments to security and free and open source software very seriously. Communications are secured by end-to-end encryption with authentication using RSA/AES/DTLS/SRTP technologies and X.509 certificates."  It can apparently also use SIP, which might be a useful feature in the NBN environment.

Do Linkers have any comments or experience regarding these packages, especially in light of the security issues with such widely-used software as Zoom?

David Lochrin