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Your Skype Messages Aren’t As Private As You Think They Are

Most people think of Skype as a secure means of communication, with messages kindly delivered using end-to-end encryption. But a new report by Ars Technica suggests that’s far from the case — and Microsoft is often dipping into your communications.

1 May 2013

Software

Microsoft Makes Skype Available From Within Browsers

Microsoft has finally decided to roll out web-based Skype calling. Over the coming weeks, users will be able to make Skype video and voice calls from within Outlook.com on their browsers.

13 March 2013

Online

Should The Cops Be Able To Listen In To Your Skype Calls?

Skype is facing the potential for criminal charges in France if it doesn’t allow the French constabulary to listen into calls. Is that a reasonable position in the Internet age?

7 March 2013

Online

Weddings Via Skype Are On The Rise — Along With Questions Of Consent

You’ve been dreaming of this day your entire life. You and your one true love will be joining your eternal souls in the resplendent, holy matrimony of… a Google+ hangout. Scenes like this used to be pretty rare (and usually involved deployed military members), but as the New York Times points out, proxy weddings via internet have become increasingly common — and increasingly controversial with the questions of immigrant marriage fraud and legitimate consent at the forefront.

16 February 2013

Software

Skype Video Messages Gives You Visual Voicemail

Skype has a new video messaging feature. Through an Android, iOS or Mac app, you can send other users three-minute recordings.

Software

Microsoft Is Merging Skype And Windows Live Messenger In April

Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype and confirmed the end of Windows Live Messenger, a merger has been a tiny dot off on the horizon. Now Microsoft has pinned down when the two will become one.

16 November 2012

Software

Skype Is Giving Away Free Unlimited Worldwide Phone Calling For One Month

Time to call that long-lost aunt in the middle of absolutely nowhere: Skype has just announced that you can now claim a whole month’s worth of unlimited free world-wide landline and mobile calling — but only if you claim it today.

15 November 2012

Software

Your Skype Account Can Be Hacked Using Just Your Email Address

The Next Web is reporting that a security hole in Skype’s password recovery tool means that your account can be hacked using just your email address and username.

6 November 2012

Software

Microsoft Is Killing Off Windows Live Messenger For Skype

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is trying to nix its Windows Live Messenger client in favour of Skype. That’s definitely for the best, and something we’ve seen coming for a while now. But it also smacks of some missed opportunity for Windows 8 and Windows Phone.

24 August 2012

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Alexis Ohanian Talks The Future Of Reddit

Founding a site from your tiny apartment in 2005 and watching it grow to 2 billion page views per month would give most people an utter sense of completion, but not Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. He talks exclusively to Gizmodo about the future of the platform, why it won’t go the way of the Digg dinosaur and the state of the free and open internet.

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