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Improving Private Signal Calls: Call Links & More (signal.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DollarColonial@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Signal account required to join I guess ?

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, anyone joining it must be signed into Signal on their device.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Hard pass. I don't want anything where the technology is not controlled from my hub or someone I trust.

[–] TseseJuer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

where can you use any service without signing up? what kinda rage bait comment is this

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jitsi. Even zoom and teams allow joining without an account. Good ol' webrtc and browser tech.

[–] TseseJuer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

how is joining an already setup meeting room with a guest account the same as this? you can't use those things without someone that already has an account inviting you. and wtf does "browser tech" mean.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

True, one person needs an account. You used to be able to do Jitsi - and before it other webrtc calling solutions - with no account at all but now Jitsi also needs the first host to sign in.

But Signal calls, every participant must have a Signal account. The others, I can invite people to join with no account.

"Browser tech"? Just the fact you can make it work from a browser without needing to install anything else. Again, Signal isn't set up for that kind of thing. It's just designed and extended from a different use case.

[–] Pleat1752@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

you can now enter google meet rooms without a google account. i did it last week

[–] DollarColonial@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

Jitsi, Facetime had or has similar feature too with a link