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Skype Branches Out

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 23, 2004 @01:53PM from the et-phone-home dept.

Golygydd Max writes "Our site, Techworld, reports that Skype, the voice over IP people have just developed an API that allows web developers to include Skype technology on their websites. Although it's a bit clunky at the moment, it could prove to be a useful tool for tech support."

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Re:Voice Quality by alatesystems · 2004-10-23 14:45 · Score: 4, Interesting

I never paid much attention to how it works. I've just never heard anything that even compares to it. The protocol they use is really cool. I love how it can bypass NATs altogether by just routing it through someone who DOES have an open port, and it even keeps the traffic encrypted end to end so the peer nodes can't listen in.

I think it's one of the coolest "free" projects I've ever seen.
Re:Voice Quality by GridPoint · 2004-10-23 17:33 · Score: 2, Interesting

I think it's one of the coolest "free" projects I've ever seen.
It isn't particularly "free".

Given this company's track record, Skype is likely to be riddled with spyware. I'm not sure I would like to trust my personal communication to such a company.