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Video calls for Signal now in public beta (whispersystems.org)
6 points by qznc on Feb 14, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Video calling with Signal is pretty slick, having used the beta for a few days. Just make sure to shut off video if you get into a low bandwidth situation, as opus can only cover up up to 30% packet loss, and video shoved down too small a pipe can induce much more packetloss.

I will miss the ZRTP codewords though, something about those going away makes me feel less secure since I can't easily do a voice verification during a call.


There's no mention of it in the article, but anyone who's had a chance to check the GitHub repo care to share what video codec they went with?





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