element-web: enable Element Call by default #275

teutat3s · 2024-11-21T10:13:57Z

teutat3s commented

2024-11-21 10:13:57 +00:00

This adds a new button for the Element Call Beta when clicking on the Camera Icon in rooms. Tested on chat.test.pub.solar.

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element-web: enable Element Call by default

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axeman reviewed 2024-11-22 12:21:03 +00:00

modules/nginx-matrix/element-client-config.nix

					
				@ -53,0 +57,4 @@

				    feature_element_call_video_rooms = true;

				  };

				  element_call = {

				    url = "https://call.element.io";

axeman commented

2024-11-22 12:21:03 +00:00

This seems like we'd be sending data to element.io.

We could also try self hosting this, I think its this: https://github.com/matrix-org/waterfall. Although we have to be careful, that service seems to work without any auth, perhaps there is a way to disable this, providing a free-for-all SFU can make someone just drain all our bandwidth.

Or we could change our privacy policy, but it would be sad to remove "We do not share your data to any third party unless in case of federated services...".

This seems like we'd be sending data to element.io. We could also try self hosting this, I think its this: https://github.com/matrix-org/waterfall. Although we have to be careful, that service seems to work without any auth, perhaps there is a way to disable this, providing a free-for-all SFU can make someone just drain all our bandwidth. Or we could change our privacy policy, but it would be sad to remove "We do not share your data to any third party unless in case of federated services...".

teutat3s commented

2024-11-22 13:05:12 +00:00

I found https://github.com/element-hq/element-call, I think it's superseeds waterfall.

curl -s https://chat.pub.solar/config.json | jq

The currently used element-web config looks like this, which is basically our extended version of https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/v1.11.86/config.sample.json. When you start a group call in Element atm you send data to meet.element.io, which we do not mention in our Privacy Policy yet...

I think you're raising a valid point and we should fix the Privacy Policy to show the status quo and think about self-hosting a video call solution, like mentioned in #160.

I found https://github.com/element-hq/element-call, I think it's superseeds `waterfall`. ``` curl -s https://chat.pub.solar/config.json | jq ``` The currently used `element-web` config looks like this, which is basically our extended version of https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/v1.11.86/config.sample.json. When you start a group call in Element atm you send data to meet.element.io, which we do not mention in our Privacy Policy yet... I think you're raising a valid point and we should fix the Privacy Policy to show the status quo and think about self-hosting a video call solution, like mentioned in #160.

axeman commented

2024-11-22 13:46:29 +00:00

Ah, I didn't realize we were already using it. In which case this shouldn't block this PR.

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axeman approved these changes 2024-11-22 13:46:44 +00:00