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I do not understand where was this noise over security when Skype was under another American company, the Ebay?
by webwanderings 14y ago
I do not understand where was this noise over security when Skype was under another American company, the Ebay?
- alimoeeny 14y agoI think now it is being force fed to all windows users so it is a bit different.
- zimbatm 14y agoIt's because Microsoft has centralised Skype's network. Previously node discovery and other services where essentially Peer-to-peer and thus more difficult to monitor. See: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-s...
- harshreality 14y agoThey've also recently declared Skype to be the replacement for Messenger. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/09/windows_live_messenger_skype/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/09/windows_live_messeng...