“Meet provides end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) calls to protect the confidentiality of the conversations and does not require a paid plan or even a Proton account to use. It is free for one-hour meetings of up to 50 participants. Proton says Meet was created in response to the increasing need for privacy-first, EU-based alternatives that make it easier to comply with GDPR, or even CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), addressing the complexities of laws such as the US Cloud Act, and overcoming challenges posed by an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment.”
Supposedly no AI training in this video conferencing tool. Good to see adding other people is as easy as sharing a link, so no need to install an app first.
Also, Proton is not retaining records of who met with whom, and there is no sensitive data to be hacked from the servers.
Of course there is also still Jitsi Meet as another alternative which is open source and can be self-hosted.
This needs to be read with some concerns raised about this service at https://www.sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-what-they-told-you/