[Freedombox-discuss] Web Real-Time Communications Working Group Charter

Marc Petit-Huguenin marc at petit-huguenin.org
Thu Jan 5 19:34:07 UTC 2012


On 01/05/2012 11:02 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> FYI: Including
>
> API functions for establishing direct peer-to-peer connections,
> including firewall/NAT traversal
>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc-charter.html
>
> Could be interesting ....
>

The media in WebRTC/RTCWEB is sent peer-to-peer but there is nothing new here as 
this is already how VoIP works (modulo the fricking SBCs).  Webrtc/RTCWEB goal 
is to standardize how these peer-to-peer media are managed in a browser and it 
is not even a goal to make multiple Web domains interoperable, just to ensure 
that a single domain can use different browsers with the same Javascript code. 
The Web is more or less a TV with a very big remote control, do not expect any 
of this improving anything for privacy, user control or any of the stuff that 
people on this list care about.

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