Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#1

Post by dsr12 » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 7:11 AM UTC

Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
stallman.org

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#2

Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 7:57 AM UTC

The only reason I need to not use Skype is that it is shit.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#3

Post by mankash666 » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 7:59 AM UTC

Stallman claims Skype isn't encrypted end-to-end and then suggests using "free" alternatives that are not in the least bit security concious or end-to-end encrypted.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#4

Post by elmerfud » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:03 AM UTC

mankash666 wrote: post #3

Stallman claims Skype isn't encrypted end-to-end and then suggests using "free" alternatives that are not in the least bit security concious or end-to-end encrypted.

Also the "long distance phone card" suggestion ignores that every major telephone company in the US was caught providing information without any legal obligation to do so.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#5

Post by roesel » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:06 AM UTC

I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

#6

Post by elchief » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:09 AM UTC

roesel wrote: post #5

I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.

have you heard of GNU?

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

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Post by mrleiter » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:10 AM UTC

The problem with his first argument is that it is a logical fallacy (affirming a disjunct). Just because one does not say A, does not mean that it automatically must be B. He says "most likely", but even this is not certain. I agree, it feels that it must be true. But then again this is an inductive fallacy. Simply because most companies we know that have acted in such a way actually were eavesdropping on its customers, one cannot say with certainty that this is a general rule.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

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Post by tluyben2 » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:10 AM UTC

roesel wrote: post #5

I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.

He is quite famous in software circles [0].

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

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Post by joe563323 » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:12 AM UTC

roesel wrote: post #5

I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.

RMS is a legend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman. Every one would be living in a little bit of a different world and all the computer tech guys would be living in a completely different world with out RMS.

Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

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Post by joe563323 » Sat, Jan 07, 2017, 8:13 AM UTC

Skype is owned by Microsoft. No worries it will die out eventually.