* Can you please recommend a cross-platform alternative? I only know of Gnome-Empathy/KDE-Telepathy and Pidgin that utilize XMPP's voice and video features. I've found this: http://octro.com/octrotalk.php which lacks a linux client, but appears to be solid and has a web-client too.
Skype backdoor confirmation
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Re: Skype backdoor confirmation
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, right. While both Skype and Gmail store your messages (if you Skype across multiple devices, you'll see logs of conversations that happened on different devices), I don't think Gmail probes every URL you send in your messages. Also, SMTP is not always done under SSL, so, privacy cannot be assured. But that's easily testable. I'll get back to you in a couple hours.
I am struggling to under the distinction you're trying to portray. One automatically scans your email to show related ads, another does a HTTP HEAD request to URLs for only the server headers, which they say is for malware scanning purposes. Both are automated jobs. See my other post to see how Google employees have access to all your email, documents, chat transcripts, Google Voice calls, Youtube videos etc. and how…
Did Google ever release a Skype Man video?
Re: Skype backdoor confirmation
#83Why is everybody so worried that Skype is visiting URLs you posted in their chat box?
They're probably just checking them for Malware was my first thought and is still my only.
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#84Like their latest ad on British TV says:
"At Microsoft, your privacy is our priority!" :-D
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#85I guess it's time for Google Hangouts to shine.
Why? I don't think it's encrypted in such a way that Google can't read it. References? I don't think you can trust Google with your chat and docs as well. From: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/google-spy/ >Google acknowledged Wednesday that two employees have been terminated after being caught in separate incidents allegedly spying on user e-mails and chats. >David Barksdale, 27, was fired in July after he r…
No, but it would win huge bonus points if it did, over other chat apps. I think we all know Google won't bring OTR encryption to Hangouts, though, which is most unfortunate.
Re: Skype backdoor confirmation
#86Hey, there is an amazing alternative without setup time, P2P, open, standards compliant, ...
And best of all it's a shameless ad for a story submitted by myself. ;)
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#87* Can you please recommend a cross-platform alternative? I only know of Gnome-Empathy/KDE-Telepathy and Pidgin that utilize XMPP's voice and video features. I've found this: http://octro.com/octrotalk.php which lacks a linux client, but appears to be solid and has a web-client too.
http://yate.null.ro fully replaces Skype functionality (client and server), and works under mac/windows/linux.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have reason to believe that you're wrong, because if you're under surveillance by the FBI or whatever, they will be able to read your mail. Unless you're the ultra-paranoid guy there are ways to get to your password physically :( (so, since you're coming up with GPG which i obviously was not referring to i can also come up with some unlikely scenario, ok?)
Obligatory xkcd comic. http://xkcd.com/538/
If they use this method, I at the very least know that they’re using it and that my data is compromised.