Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017)

Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by apples_oranges on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:18AM (#19151643)

The article mentions 2 alternatives:

> I recommend http://zoom.us or http://appear.in as alternatives that don’t “help” you by exposing your contacts to the world.

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by kofejnik on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:18AM (#19151913)

zoom app on MacOS requires root permissions. No, thank you.

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by seqizz on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:56AM (#19151813)

I don't think we can call landlines via these.

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by scraft on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:26AM (#19152511)

I have used Skype a lot for calling landlines and mobile phone numbers, in particular for people overseas where the phone bill would otherwise be high. I have also used this when I have zero phone reception but have access to Wifi.

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by spurgu on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:14AM (#19152445)

I'm from Europe and I'm baffled that this would be a requirement for anyone these days. Are landlines still that common in the US?

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by nicoburns on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:37AM (#19152558)

I'm from Europe and I've occasionally used this feature when e.g. I'd lost my phone, but needed to make a call to a customer service department.

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Re:Skype contact lists may have been exposed (2017) by trumped on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @08:47AM (#19152988)

they are very commonly used for robocalls/junk calls

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