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screen sharing for developers https://screego.net/
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https://app.screego.net/ Secure? #178

Closed AdelleBernal closed 9 months ago

AdelleBernal commented 9 months ago

I am a tech non-savvy :) Is it secure to use this for seminars? What about privacy, etc? I want to use the https://app.screego.net/ directly.

Thanks!

jmattheis commented 9 months ago

Hey @AdelleBernal, if you use Screego you basically have to trust the server owner to not do anything malicious. It is technically possible for the server owner to intercept the video stream and get a copy of it, but this functionality doesn't exist inside Screego. This risk is similar for services like Google Hangouts, etc.

I'm not doing anything malicious with https://app.screego.net/, but you basically have to trust me there; there isn't really a way for me to prove or guarantee this. If it's something security-critical, then it's possible and recommended to self-host Screego.

After the connection is established between users, the video stream is end-to-end encrypted. Only users inside the screego room should be able to access / decrypt it.

As a side note: Screego isn't optimized for seminars, because the presenter uploads the video stream to every viewer. This requires a lot of bandwidth and computational power, because the video stream has to be encoded and encrypted.

AdelleBernal commented 9 months ago

Thanks for the clarification. Would it be hard to set up a self-host Screego for a non-programmer like me?

jmattheis commented 9 months ago

To set up Screego on your own, you don't necessarily have to be a programmer. You would need to expose Screego to the other users you want to share to. This either means renting a server that is accessible from the internet, or exposing a local computer to the internet (this would require configuration on your router).

Additionally, you need a certificate for securing the connection with https/tls, this is free via https://letsencrypt.org/en/, but it requires setup. The last step would be to actually install Screego, there are docs https://screego.net/#/install, but they require some knowledge in servers.