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Do you have a link for that, or is it still speculation?
by GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
Do you have a link for that, or is it still speculation?
- gecko 13y agoIt's still speculation, and one of Skype's lead engineers wrote a completely sane explanation of how the centralization had to happen if Skype was going to work well on mobile, since you're not exactly going to be getting tons of supernodes on iPhones. You're welcome to believe that they also did it for government reasons, but there are definitely sane technological reasons, too. I'll update this comment with a link in a few minutes if I find it.
- hfsktr 13y agoSomething like this: http://www.zdnet.com/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-supernodes-for-scalability-not-surveillance-7000017215/ http://www.zdnet.com/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-supernodes-f...
- tedunangst 13y agoInternet: ZOMG there's so much spam and malware being transmitted via Skype. You have to do something! MS: We have enabled URL filtering on Skype messages. Internet: ZOMG you're reading my private messages. You monsters!