Ask HN: Why are websites increasingly making use of STUN and TURN servers?

[dj0k3r]

For instance, LinkedIn loads google's STUN on the login page. I understand the need for STUN for sites like google meet or zoom, but some sites clearly don't necessarily need it.

[curious_curios]

It’s probably being employed to detect bots, scrapers, and users behind VPNs.

[meiraleal]

LinkedIn has real-time p2pfeatures and they use webrtc for that.