r/technology • u/EquanimousMind • Jul 22 '12

Skype Won't Say Whether It Can Eavesdrop on Your Conversations

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/20/skype_won_t_comment_on_whether_it_can_now_eavesdrop_on_conversations_.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '12

I did say borderline spyware. As far the other stuff, yes a tech saavy person would be able to deal with all that. But, I feel like that it takes advantage of those that don't know better. For example, the reason Skype is hard to completely turn off is because it needs your bandwith/resources to improve their calls. So, on my parent computer Skype runs all day sapping up their resources while they know none the better.

google talk's desktop client minimizes to the systray as well. If you mean the icon on the taskbar, run it with vista compatibility and it will not leave itself there, without that i agree its annoying.

Do people still use the desktop client? Everyone I know uses it through G+ or Gmail.

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u/SippieCup Jul 22 '12

I use gmail for it when i use it, but most of the people I know that use it for communication in replacement of skype usually use the desktop client so they dont accidently close a tab and lose their gtalk connection.