Ring is a video chat program that is highly secure, allowing you to hold private and confidential video conferences. This is all thanks to information encryption that can only be decrypted by the recipient.
The encryption used by the platform is the AES-128 algorithm for text, and video is encrypted via P2P, so you will have encrypted video, audio, and text at the same time.
Once you download the program from its official website, you will see its simple interface which automatically generates your ID (RingID) so you can have your own user (the alias will be your computer's username) and start adding contacts from its interface, which is very similar to the most popular video conferencing program.
To change your alias, you will need to click on settings in the top right corner, and in account you can write the alias you want or add a profile picture from the general option.
But the most important thing is how to add contacts to the platform in order to make totally secure video conferences. To do this, you will need to click the share button and thus exchange your profile via email or QR code. If you do it via email, the mailAfter environment will send an email with your RingID to ask your friend if they accept the invitation. If you do it via QR code, the utility will generate a QR code and after sharing it, it will be sent to your friend for them to accept it.
Upon accepting the invitation, in the top left you will find the icon to start the video chat and to start the video conference with encryption so that it is secure and private.
The environment allows you to have chats with a friend or make video conferences. On the left you will have all your contacts, on the right the conference participants, in the center the video of each user, and at the bottom the program's tools.
The utility lets you pause calls, put a call on hold, send private and instant messages, add contacts, transfer calls to other users, mute the microphone, and mute the video, among other options.
As you can see, the platform is a simple tool for making totally encrypted and private video calls or video conferences. But in our tests the environment didn't work very well. On Windows 7 we couldn't open the program; it gives us an error (0xc0000005). On Windows 10 we were able to open the environment on one computer, while on another the icon appears in the tray but the user interface doesn't. On the computer where we did open the program, we detected a flaw in the alerts (you'll have to check invitations manually) and call transfer didn't work, but then all other functions worked perfectly. And knowing it's in beta and that the platform creates its own network for secure and private communication, it deserves a chance.
Ring is a free program available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android devices. (In the VirusTotal scan, a threat of 55 Qihoo-36 HEUR/QVM20.1.0000.Malware.Gen was detected.)
We want to know your experience with Ring and if you were able to use it on the different devices we haven't tested. We look forward to your comments!
