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atriplex-co / hyalus-desktop

Hyalus desktop client (Windows/macOS/Linux)

https://hyalus.app

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Alternative to WebRTC #57

Closed borkform2555 closed 3 years ago

borkform2555 commented 3 years ago

WebRTC leaks IP.

gidoBOSSftw5731 commented 3 years ago

There's no intention of fixing as of now due to the 1. lack of good alternatives to webrtc 2. due to everything being e2ee, our current key-management system would not actually reduce bandwidth on the senders side and 3. @asineth0 does not have the bandwidth capacity for a TURN server and seems uninterested in finding other solutions (due to the previous 2 reasons).

If you care that much about your IP leaking, use a proxy

asineth0 commented 3 years ago

No.

Hosting servers and routing all your call traffic through it gets very expensive (bandwidth).
WebRTC is a versatile and open standard, allowing us to support many platforms.
Calls being peer-to-peer provide some benefits, especially latency.
if you're concerned about leaking your IP, use Tor. (We may even provide this built-in to the desktop app!)

asineth0 commented 3 years ago

If you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know. But as of now, I don't really see any other options other than our current solution.