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Skype finally getting end-to-end encryption
Since its inception, Skype has been notable for its secretive, proprietary algorithm. It's also long had a complicated relationship with encryption: encryption is used by the Skype protocol, but the service has never been clear exactly how that encryption was implemented or exactly which privacy and security features it offers.
That changes today in a big way. The newest Skype preview now supports the Signal protocol: the end-to-end encrypted protocol already used by WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Google Allo, and, of course, Signal. Skype Private Conversations will support text, audio calls, and file transfers, with end-to-end encryption that Microsoft, Signal, and, it's believed, law enforcement agencies cannot eavesdrop on.
Presently, Private Conversations are only available in the Insider builds of Skype.
Also at The Register, The Verge, and Wired.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 12 2018, @06:37PM
yeah i was going to say
i wasnt sure if this post was a joke or serious or somewhere in between
i think half the users here dont know why it'd be a joke so i am glad you posted the links.
that day when skype went down with a major outage for the first time since MS took it over...anyone that was anyone knew what that meant
this just means now you are to be prevented from seeing what your computer is sending and receving, and they're calling it privacy. yay freedom