Submission + - Microsoft Won't Say If Skype Is Secure Or Not. Time to change? (slate.com)
jetcityorange writes: "When asked repeatedly a Microsoft spokesperson refused to confirm or deny that Skype conversations. Microsoft was granted a patent a month after purchasing Skype that covers for “legal intercept” technology designed to be used with VOIP services. Is it time to consider more secure alternatives like Jitsi [https://jitsi.org/] like Tor's Jacob Appelbaum suggests?"