Microsoft Creates Skype Lite Especially For India (cnet.com)

There's a new Skype app in town, and it is made just for India. According to a report on CNET: Microsoft is the latest US tech giant to help keep Indians connected. Skype Lite is a new version of the company's popular video and voice-calling app that's "built in India." Skype Lite functions much like its big brother Skype, but it's designed to work well on low-speed, 2G networks, which are still prevalent in India and many developing nations. It uses less data and battery power than the fully fledged app, and at 13MB it's around a third of the download size. Skype Lite, available for Android, also uses India's controversial Aadhaar biometric authentication.

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Unintentional reveal

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

"Skype Lite functions much like its big brother Skype..."

This is what we call an "unintentional reveal", where the truth is accidentally shown alongside other stuff.

"Big brother" indeed, especially now that all Skype conversations will travel through Microsoft servers for data mining and keyword flagging purposes.