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Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype.

The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

I got a lot of friends to switch to whatsapp. The audio quality and stability is usually better.

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

A lot of people use Discord now. I mean, you can use it inside of a browser, what can be easier than that?

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

My mother literally got broadband to Skype with her grandchildren.

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

My mother literally got broadband to Skype with her grandchildren.

literally?

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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I wonder how many other free services' accounts can be disabled by bombarding an automated abuse-reporting/blocking system with reports of "abuse" from a specified username. A lot more than just Skype, I bet. And many of these services have no method of contacting a human at "customer service" because of the sheer number of free accounts (tens of millions).

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

http://appear.in/yourconferencename is rather convenient and should be usable by anyone with a browser.

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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post #3

Sadly, Skype is still used a lot. More than half of the emails I receive with a next step of communication proposal come suggesting Skype. The only way to beat it would be to have another communication solution which can be used as simple as Skype is (for any age, technical literacy, etc.).

I got a lot of friends to switch to whatsapp. The audio quality and stability is usually better.

On a desktop?

Re: How Skype fixes security vulnerabilities

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> > We think that we gave enough information. You are piece of shit, live with it.

I've no idea if this is real or not, but if it is, it's pretty damning for Microsoft. I hope the author goes to court and wins!

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