Comments on: Security VS Privacy http://syntux.net/blog/2007/08/26/security-vs-privacy/ Your freedom is worth more than you think. Take advantage of it while you can. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-27 http://syntux.net/blog/2007/08/26/security-vs-privacy/#comment-7904 Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-27 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:30:42 +0000 http://syntux.net/blog/2007/08/26/security-vs-privacy/#comment-7904 [...] Security VS Privacy - Don’t Say Geek! Say Syntux! - Your freedom is worth more than you think. Tak... Counter-weight to the Free Software Magazine article - not particularly well articulated, but the general argument seems to be “Skype’s got more users, and I have no reason not to trust them, especially since the alternatives are nothing to call home abou (tags: skype openwengo criticism) [...] [...] Security VS Privacy - Don’t Say Geek! Say Syntux! - Your freedom is worth more than you think. Tak… Counter-weight to the Free Software Magazine article - not particularly well articulated, but the general argument seems to be “Skype’s got more users, and I have no reason not to trust them, especially since the alternatives are nothing to call home abou (tags: skype openwengo criticism) [...]

]]> By: Greg K Nicholson http://syntux.net/blog/2007/08/26/security-vs-privacy/#comment-7902 Greg K Nicholson Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:10:49 +0000 http://syntux.net/blog/2007/08/26/security-vs-privacy/#comment-7902 The problem with Skype isn't that it's closed source per se; it's that the network it uses to communicate is closed. So, as far as I'm aware, you have to use Skype's software (on one of the operating systems they choose to make it for), or you can't communicate with people using Skype. Contrast this with SIP and H.323 (and Jabber), which can be freely implemented by anyone, and so allow communication between any number of different platforms. The problem with Skype isn’t that it’s closed source per se; it’s that the network it uses to communicate is closed. So, as far as I’m aware, you have to use Skype’s software (on one of the operating systems they choose to make it for), or you can’t communicate with people using Skype.

Contrast this with SIP and H.323 (and Jabber), which can be freely implemented by anyone, and so allow communication between any number of different platforms.

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