[tor-bugs] #34263 [Circumvention/Snowflake]: Library selection for using WebRTC for the project.

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#34263: Library selection for using WebRTC for the project.
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 Reporter:  HashikD                  |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task                     |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Circumvention/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  snowflake-mobile         |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cohosh):

 Replying to [comment:6 arlolra]:
 > Sorry if this was covered elsewhere but is using pion, like the rest of
 the snowflake ecosystem, not an option?

 This is a good place to discuss this. I don't think we need to worry about
 using a different library for this project. If we were planning on reusing
 code from the stand-alone proxy-go instances that would be one thing. But
 given that we have to implement a UI with this (similar to the
 webextension) it doesn't seem like code sharing is an option.

 Another possible advantage to using pion is that it '''might''' give us
 more control if the Chrome WebRTC implementation is fingerprinted and
 blocked. OTOH, maybe the Chrome WebRTC implementation is more popular with
 other apps and is less likely to be blocked. Not knowing which way this
 will go, I'm inclined to go with whichever library is easiest for us to
 maintain the project.

 As far as interoperability, pion has been careful about testing to make
 sure their code plays well with other WebRTC implementations. If we have
 problems we should definitely upstream them but I suspect we'll be okay.

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