'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."'

-- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/09/01/2210246

Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/�� �� �� �� �� Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
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