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Brave<\/a>, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency-powered web browser has launched in-browser video calls featuring end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n The encrypted video service, dubbed \u2018Brave Together\u2019 can be used to make unlimited encrypted video calls featuring two participants. All Brave users can access the feature, with no account sign-ups needed.<\/p>\n Brave\u00a0revealed<\/a>\u00a0that video conferencing supporting more than two participants is currently being tested on Brave Nightly \u2014 the development version of the browser.<\/p>\n Brave Together is based on the open-source encrypted video software Jitsi \u2014 which was vouched for by\u00a0NSA whistleblower<\/a>\u00a0Edward Snowden in 2017.<\/p>\n The move comes following an explosion in the use of video conferencing software amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, with Zoom seeing an enormous spike of usage.<\/p>\n However, Zoom has received criticism concerning privacy and security, with \u2018Zoom-bombings<\/a>\u2019 emerging as a rampant phenomenon during the lockdown. In April, an internal memo revealed that Elon Musk\u2019s company SpaceX had banned its employees from using the video conferencing software due to \u201csignificant privacy and security concerns<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Zoom will also\u00a0introduce<\/a>\u00a0end-to-end encryption to protect its 300 million daily users this week.<\/p>\n Co-founded by Javascript creator and former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, Brave pays its users Basic Attention Token (BAT) for viewing ads. It has made steady gains in adoption over recent months. The firm\u2019s marketing head Des Martin tweeted that the platform surpassed\u00a0one million new users<\/a>\u00a0during March alone.<\/p>\n Despite the strong uptake, Brave CEO Brendan Eich recently remarked that only a small percentage of its users take full advantage of the browser\u2019s\u00a0privacy features<\/a>. As of this writing, more than 662,000 content creators have signed up to Brave\u2019s\u00a0publisher program<\/a>. 53% of Brave publishers operate on Youtube.<\/p>\n Source:\u00a0https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/brave-browser-launches-encrypted-video-calls-before-zoom<\/a><\/p>\n\nVideo conferencing software demand spikes<\/h2>\n
Brave adoption grows<\/h2>\n