dude Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have had it with SKYPE! Since Microsoft acquired SKYPE, the communications system has been on a steady downhill slide. Now – the latest version of SKYPE – has apparently removed the privacy protections and today I got about two dozen solicitations from ‘female’ SKYPE users this with all my privacy setting set at max. This has been a subject of continuing complaints on SKYPE’s own user forums but has been consistently ignored by SKYPE. http://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Unwanted-Contact-Requests/td-p/3013210 Since John (AlienSon) our Design Editor and I often need to communicate by IM we have been using SKYPE. As Microsoft – the world’s greediest marketer – intends to do nothing about this we need a secure method of IM communications. Can anyone suggest a system that is secure and spam-free, even if it requires a reasonable annual fee? Thanks, gang! Mike Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 If you need video, Apple's FaceTime works well. I'm not sure if it works outside of iPhones. I've also used Yahoo Messenger with some success. I would expect that Google has something as well (Google Hangout?). R Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I only use Skype for three people, but I haven't set any privacy settings. Whilst I agree with things getting worse under Microsoft, I haven't suffered the problems you have encountered, Mike. If you like we could compare settings if you have the time... As for other programs I haven't been able to find anything else that offers any better. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I just tried Google Hangouts very briefly and it seems like it would work as a substitute. R Link to comment
Camy Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yes, Google Hangouts is good. Link to comment
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