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Skype + Kazaa = ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can-chat-with-the-pirates dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kazaa has now embedded Skype in their v3.0 download." This isn't a surprising pairing, and it adds millions of VoIP users to the network ... the article also notes that this might bring out the spammers as well.

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  1. Smart move of Skype? by d95adam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Skype have been working quite hard to distance themselves from their Kazaa roots. Even if the their product has been great, many people have been wondering if they inluded spyware into the Skype installation, just like Kazaa. And now this!

    Note: I'm a happy Skype user myself, but I can see that this might lead to their reputation taking a plunge.

  2. Do people still use Kazaa? by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought everyone had switched by now.

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  3. Re:So this means... by TheMediaWrangler · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Skype uses 256-bit encryption, so the only easy way to intercept this kind of voice data would be to do it before it is encrypted by bundling Skype in an evil wrapper application like say... KAZAA

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