Does WebRTC need a change in governance?
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreAll routes are leading towards WebRTC.
Somehow, people are still complaining about adoption of WebRTC in browsers instead of checking their alternatives.
Before WebRTC came to our lives, we had pretty much 3 ways of getting voice and video calling into our machines:
We're now in 2015, and 3 (again that number) distinct things have changed:
There have been a lot of recent publicity around a new round of zero day exploits and vulnerabilities in Flash. It started with a group called The Hacking Team being hacked, and their techniques exposed. They used a few Flash vulnerabilities among other mechanisms. While Adobe is actively fixing these issues, some decided to vocalize their discontent with Flash:
Facebook's Chief Security Officer wants Adobe to declare an end-of-life date for Flash.
Mozilla decided to ban Flash from its browser until the recent known vulnerabilities are patched.
Don't get me wrong here. Flash will continue being with us for a long time. Browsers will block Flash and then re-enable it, dealing with continuing waves of vulnerabilities that will be found. But the question then becomes - why should you be using it any longer?
Without Flash and Plugin support in your future, why would you NOT use WebRTC for your next service?
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Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreRTC@Scale is Facebook’s virtual WebRTC event, covering current and future topics. Here’s the summary for RTC@Scale 2024 so you can pick and choose the relevant ones for you.
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