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What?

Some thoughts for selecting software used for teaching over the internet.

Open Source
- These are all privacy friendly and free of charge
- software: Jami:
  - pro: peer2peer, after server initially establishes connection
  - https://jami.net
  - TLS1.3 end2end encryption.
  - functionality: chat, audio-call, video-call, exchanging files
- software: Jitsi meet
  - con: requires server, but the free default one might be sufficient
  - issues with videochats of 35+ persons
  - details
- software: Big Blue Button
  - con: requires server
Proprietary code base
- Here one has to trust the vendor regarding privacy. Codebase can not be audited by everybody.
- software: Skype
  - con: account required
  - pro: no own server required
- software: Google hangouts
  - con: account required
  - con: just 10 participants possible
  - pro: no own server required
  - hangouts is free and for private, google meet is commercial for business
- software: Zoom
  - con: recent security issues
- software: Bluejeans
- further: Microsoft teams, Facebook, Apple facetime (Apple devices only), Cisco Webex