Tox, a Skype Replacement Built On 'Privacy First' 174
An anonymous reader writes: Rumors of back door access to Skype have plagued the communication software for the better part of a decade. Even if it's not true, Skype is owned by Microsoft, which is beholden to data requests from law enforcement. Because of these issues, a group of developers started work on Tox, which aims to rebuild the functionality of Skype with an emphasis on privacy. "The main thing the Tox team is trying to do, besides provide encryption, is create a tool that requires no central servers whatsoever—not even ones that you would host yourself. It relies on the same technology that BitTorrent uses to provide direct connections between users, so there's no central hub to snoop on or take down."
Microsoft Gave the NSA Backdoor access to Skype .. (Score:4, Informative)
Privacy Last (Score:3, Informative)
Readers of this story will have noticed the links to four of the major social media sites, including Facebook.
Since the earliest days of USENET and IRC Chat, the geek has a flawless record of making one-on-one communication over the Internet as painful a process as possible for the non-technical user.
It took the commercial services like Sype to break the spell.
Re:Tox? What happened to BitTorrent Chat? (Score:2, Informative)
It's been renamed to Bleep and is in closed pre-alpha testing:
http://blog.bittorrent.com [bittorrent.com]
Re:Key exchange (Score:4, Informative)
Phil Zimmermann has already done all this. It's called ZRTP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]