I understand that Zello is not FOSS, but their website claims everything is end-to-end-encrypted.

So, in short, should/can it be trusted? If not, are there any good FOSS alternatives that provide similar Walkie-Talkie like functionality?

  • @jetAEnglish
    4•7 months ago

    If you want an open source walkie talkie functionality, you can use signal, or even simple x, and send voice messages. Boom walkie-talkie

    There are products built on top of Mumble, which is a voice conferencing software, which is open source.

    https://github.com/Theofilos-Chamalis/EVO-PTT

    The client is open, but they use a proprietary server, which is just mumble

    If you want to host your own Mumble server, you can use a more open client that’s not tied to a commercial server… Like https://mumla-app.gitlab.io/

    …

    Being hostile towards people giving you good advice, is not a great way to get good advice in the future. The reason people are telling you about the benefits of open source software, it’s impossible to vet or prove any privacy claims with closed source software. They could be lying, people lie all the time.

    • @abuttifulpigeon@lemmy.worldOP
      1•7 months ago

      Thank you for the suggestions, I will be sure to check them out.

      Also, my intention was not to be hostile. I made that comment out of the facts the other comments that were made at that time presented, in which were saying the pros of FOSS, and Zello should not be trusted because of it’s closed-source nature. Somewhere in there my tone must have gotten misinterpreted.

      Again, I apologize to anyone who read my comments as an act of hostility, as that was not my intention.