Microsoft Releases Skype For Linux 4.2, Has Bug-Fixes

Perhaps we should be grateful that Microsoft maintains a Linux version of Skype at all. I expected that when MS bought Skype that would disappear.

I haven't used it for quite some time myself.

It's about time we find an opensource alternative to skype that's as easy to use as skype, as I have no intention of continuing to use a MS service, especially since it's now proven that MS intercepts (and quite likely records) all traffic routinely. See: http://h-online.com/-1862870

I stopped using MS Skype when I noticed encrypted packets going to a microsoft.com IP address. That may have been legitimate, but I have no way to verify, so the package got erased.

Quoting:I stopped using MS ...

I too stopped using Skype. Now I have a Galaxy S III and my wife has the same. When she was oversea recently, we used GMail Talk and Video to communicate. It is pretty good where there is WiFi and not too bad where there isn't. We have a data plan and we don't use it that much.

> I expected that when MS bought Skype that would disappear.

Indeed, I also.

But then, since I think Microsoft was pressured to buy Skype and make it subject to "Lawful Intercept" by the "intelligence" organization(s) of the Empire of the United States, that would be one reason for them to maintain the Linux version. To maintain the biggest net possible.

Quoting:that would be one reason for them to maintain the Linux version

@Rob_R,

Excellent point. lets not forget the intercepts [edited] done on its formidable enemy.

Let's not forget the sniffing of http and https links in Skype chat, which has been demonstrated and written about elsewhere.