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Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com)
How can you make a truly secure phone call? An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
I have a Windows 8.1 phone and mostly use it for Skype calls and chats. A bit of browsing every now and then, and checking public transportation schedules... What can I do to be able to securely chat and place audio/video calls? What do you think is the best device to buy and what apps to use on it?
Skype for Windows Phone will stop working in 2017, and Skype's privacy was already suspect after Edward Snowden leaked evidence of Microsoft's secret collaboration with the NSA. But are there any good alternatives -- especially for a Windows Phone user? Leave your suggestions in the comments. What are the best secure alternatives to Skype?
Skype for Windows Phone will stop working in 2017, and Skype's privacy was already suspect after Edward Snowden leaked evidence of Microsoft's secret collaboration with the NSA. But are there any good alternatives -- especially for a Windows Phone user? Leave your suggestions in the comments. What are the best secure alternatives to Skype?
I'm sure we'll eventually see if WhatsApp really is using the Signal system correctly all the time. I mean this is Facebook they even follow you around even if you've never even signed up for Facebook.
New things are always on the horizon
An Agency like the NSA could record all your data packets and brute-force them pretty quickly, if they so chose
There's no evidence that the NSA can break properly-implemented modern cryptography. In fact there's considerable evidence that they cannot, including both Snowden's statements, and the fact that the NSA recommends it for classified US government data, among other things.
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