Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype

Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by nolok on Thursday January 11, 2018 @11:53AM (#16125387)

Have you tried the skype mobile app latest update ? It makes the desktop version look amazing. Somehow, they thought we wanted skype to be a clone of whatsapp stories or whatever. Nothing works properly, it's slow as hell, but goody you can like and put a smiley on each individual message !

I used to really like skype but it has now become one of the worst, and I'm still forced to use it due to several of my contacts being on it. Imho network effect is the only reason they aren't being mass dumped by users.

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Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by kasparsklavins on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:25PM (#16125697)

Would be really nice to hear from skype mobile's team. Wtf is going on there that stops them from shipping a quality product. There's long loading times, messages disappear, synchronization is as good as non existing.

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Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by izacus on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:16PM (#16126215)

There's not a "Skype Lite" for Android... which returns back to previous form. Why that was necessary only Microsoft knows.

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Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by nolok on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:12PM (#16127359)

Oh god there really is.

Installed it to try, and it starts by asking sms and contacts permissions, which seems innocent enough to integrate with your contact list, only to realize "upload all your contacts to microsoft periodically" is on without asking.

Microsoft, you're really terrible at this.

(bonus point that I can't fully uninstall regular Skype because it's a "native app" on my samsung s7 edge, so at best I can disable it and remove all permissions from it, awesome)

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Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by amygdyl on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:00PM (#16126674)

I'm running Skype Lite on android.

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Re:Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryp... by izacus on Friday January 12, 2018 @02:50AM (#16131182)

Err, yeah, the sentence was supposed to be "... there's now ...". Typo :(

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