Used_GateMar 10

Onionphone - E2EE PTT Voice and Chat

https://piefed.social/c/selfhosted/p/1861254/onionphone-e2ee-ptt-voice-and-chat

Show threadpoVoq
Probably a bad idea to congest the limited bandwidth of Tor with voice chat.
Mar 10 at 10:26amWeb
Show threadAxolotlMar 10
Yeah, unless they use specific nodes given by the community, i think it’s a bad idea
Show threadUsed_GateMar 10

The bandwidth is low by design. I’ve excluded files and images to keep it down as well. You could talk 24/7 only use MBs.

If we want Tor to grow we need useful applications useful for everyone. I doubt this will be widely adopted.

I’ve contributed a large amount of bandwidth to the network so why can’t I use some?

Show threadAbidanYreMar 10
Plain speech can be compressed pretty well. I’m not an expert by any means, but I suspect latency would be the bigger issue.
Show threadUsed_GateMar 10

Latency is a huge issue, but it goes away with the PTT model. I tried full duplex on initial prototyping but it was trash.

PTT forces solves this by simply forcing the listen, digest, then respond. You can expect about 2-3 seconds of delay from when you release the ptt, to when the other side hears it.

Show threadAbidanYreMar 12
That makes sense. Thanks, I was still half asleep and didn’t register the PTT.
Show threadgrueMar 10
Creating more mainstream use-cases is how you get people to donate more bandwidth.
Show threadbridgeenjoyerMar 11
How does a regular person donate bandwidth?
Show threaddubyakayMar 11
By partaking in it.