Video calls
Brave Talk privacy rating
Browser-based video calling service from Brave, built on Jitsi and run with 8x8. Calls are started from the Brave browser and can be joined from any browser.
Summary
Brave Talk scores 60 out of 100 (grade C) on the video calls criteria. It meets 3 of 7 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and join without an account. It partly meets open source and end-to-end encrypted. It does not meet independent audit and self-hostable. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 60 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The web app is MPL-2.0 and built on open source Jitsi, but the hosted 8x8 service setup is not public.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Brave states the service has no tracking and no data collection linking users to calls.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by a paid premium tier, with no ads in calls.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Partial
End-to-end encrypted Weight 3 of 3
Are calls end-to-end encrypted by default?
Calls use transport encryption by default; Video Bridge Encryption is optional and has limits on call size and phone participants.
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Yes
Join without an account Weight 1 of 3
Can people join calls without an account?
Calls can be started and joined without an account or login.
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No
Self-hostable Weight 1 of 3
Can the server be self-hosted?
Hosted only; the service runs on 8x8 infrastructure.