[conspire] meet.jit.si change (re: initial room creation)

[Steve Litt]

Why can't I get a Jitsi account and join via that?

It's a mighty broad presumption that a person has a google account, a
facebook account, or a GitHub account.

SteveT


Rick Moen said on Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:33:43 -0700

>A change:  Initial _creation_ (opening) of a room on public Jitsi Meet
>demonstration instance "meet.jit.si" now requires login authentication
>using a Google Account _or_ a Facebook account _or_ a GitHub account.
>I've just verified this.  Authentication is _not_ required for joining
>a room once it's been opened.
>
>Folks wanting to avoid that extra step can, of course, do so easily by
>standing up their _own_ Jitsi Meet instances, which isn't difficult
>(and it's all open source).
>
>This change is honestly overdue, because (as the blog post says)
>abusers of the meet.jit.si instance have been noxious and difficult
>for sponsoring firm 8x8, Inc. (the Jitsi Meet developers) to deal with.

>
>
>-------- Forwarded Message --------
>Subject: Problems With Public Jitsi
>Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:23:52 -0500
>From: stan reichardt <stanr at sluug.org>
>Organization: Reichardt Open Source Systems
>To: Wayne <Wayne at TradeTimer.com>
>
>The public version now requires that one user verify their identity
>with login by way of Facebook, GitHub or Google to start a meeting.
>Subsequent users do not have to login.
>
>https://jitsi.org/blog/authentication-on-meet-jit-si/
>
>Went to the online JITSI community blog and found work-a-rounds.
>
>In order to first sign in as the single required host, it is necessary
>to first clear browser cache.  For the time being, don't use the JITSI
>appimage 2023.7.2 version ( update coming ); but, put URL directly into
>your browser. Those two things then allowed me to become moderator and
>start a meeting.
>
>You may want to test before any of your next scheduled meetings.
>
>-- stanr
>
>
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