What was it used for? Live streaming a crime in progress on a publicly accessible URL? Live streaming illegal content as if a torrent isn't already a superior format for that?
As if 8x8's hosted Jitsi service could not just report such crimes to the authorities with full IP logs? The signalling all still had to route through 8x8 servers and the URLs were not gated. Anyone with a link could pop in.
Let's say live streaming crime in progress for profit. Sure Jitsi could make it their responsibility to track and report IPs etc. but that would require them to have people on staff whose job is only watch through this stuff and build infrastructure for that. And if they don't proactively do that and only cooperate with FBI when someone reports they would have to have it on their conscience. And even if they do it proactively I imagine in many cases IPs give you nothing if they use Tor or some anonymous ISP and don't give identifiable clues in videos.
I don't think Jitsi guys want to suffer this stress/bad pr if they want to just build their product and provide a free public instance as a bonus
As if 8x8's hosted Jitsi service could not just report such crimes to the authorities with full IP logs? The signalling all still had to route through 8x8 servers and the URLs were not gated. Anyone with a link could pop in.