https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-jitsi-offers-open-source-alternative-zoom/ > From meetings and parties to dates, we all live in videoconferencing apps now. But after a series of privacy and security snafus at Zoom, which has become practically synonymous with videoconferencing during the Covid-19 pandemic, many organizations and individuals are wondering what service is safest for our conversations. > Emil Ivov says you shouldn't have to trust anyone. Ivov is the creator of the open source text and video chat software Jitsi and head of video collaboration at 8x8, a company that acquired Jitsi in 2018. The firm sells services built on Jitsi's code, but still pays developers to maintain the open-source version.