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Re:GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU ... by bboygravity on Sunday August 17, 2025 @03:13AM (#44929565)
It also had the side effect of having far better latency than any modern day popular video calling app can offer.
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Re:GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU ... by LunaSea on Sunday August 17, 2025 @04:00AM (#44929781)
It also had the side effect of making it possibly for any of your contacts to DDoA you because they had accès to your IPv4 address through Skype.
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Re:GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU ... by yencabulator on Sunday August 17, 2025 @09:23AM (#44931395)
Historically, source IP was a lot more readily available. Every IRC user's source IP was visible, every UNIX login session's source IP was visible, and lots of people hosted their own websites which meant they saw your IP address there too. The implications of it used to be more like having an email address from a specific university. Skype happened relatively early in the world of online privacy.
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