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The article mentions 2 alternatives: > I recommend http://zoom.us http://zoom.us or http://appear.in http://appear.in as alternatives that don’t “help” you by exposing your contacts to the world.

seqizz 8y ago
I don't think we can call landlines via these.
- spurgu 8y ago
  I'm from Europe and I'm baffled that this would be a requirement for anyone these days. Are landlines still that common in the US?
  - nicoburns 8y ago
    I'm from Europe and I've occasionally used this feature when e.g. I'd lost my phone, but needed to make a call to a customer service department.
  - trumped 8y ago
    they are very commonly used for robocalls/junk calls
- scraft 8y ago
  I have used Skype a lot for calling landlines and mobile phone numbers, in particular for people overseas where the phone bill would otherwise be high. I have also used this when I have zero phone reception but have access to Wifi.
kofejnik 8y ago
zoom app on MacOS requires root permissions. No, thank you.