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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by indeyets on Thursday April 25, 2013 @08:45AM (#5606825)
imo.im and similar services have one disadvantage: you give keys to all of your communications to additional 3rd party (as if microsoft wasn't enough)
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday April 25, 2013 @04:20PM (#5609608)
3rd party? Microsoft own Skype.
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by signed0 on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:11PM (#5610264)
You give your keys to imo.im.
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:15PM (#5610282)
They said additional 3rd-party, which implies MS is a third-party?
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by lobo_tuerto on Thursday April 25, 2013 @07:20PM (#5610597)
It is. Isn't it?
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday April 25, 2013 @07:22PM (#5610607)
They aren't. They're the provider of the service.
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Re:Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released by homeomorphic on Friday April 26, 2013 @02:55AM (#5611794)
...and a third party to your conversation with a friend.
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