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Old pre MS Skype was pretty amazing for its day. In mid 2000s Skype was dominant. Pretty much all chat/talk flowed through Skype with corresponding interest in
by sireat 4y ago
Old pre MS Skype was pretty amazing for its day.
In mid 2000s Skype was dominant. Pretty much all chat/talk flowed through Skype with corresponding interest in monitoring from pretty much any government.
There is a plausible conspiracy theory that part of why Microsoft bought Skype was to have everything centralized on US servers. Sort of devil's bargain.
I remember reading Microsoft's defense of centralization here on HN some years ago and it was extremely unconvincing.
- Rackedup 4y ago> There is a plausible conspiracy theory that part of why Microsoft bought Skype was to have everything centralized on US servers. Sort of devil's bargain. I heard back in those days that they got a grant from the government for purchasing Skype... that sure doesn't help deny conspiracy theories.