Re: [PLUG] Skype

[Thomas Delrue <delrue.thomas@gmail.com>]

I have and am still using Jitsi. While it is not ideal and sometimes
super crashy, when it works, it works great. On top of it all, the
connection is encrypted, so you can use whichever code words you want.
Are there other folks here that use Jitsi?

> Like Rich, I am sure the Chinese authorities are listening in, but
> there's not too much we say that will interest them.

I disagree with that ^ though. *Especially* if there is nothing there
that will interest them, no-one has any business listening in on you.
Excusing that behavior doesn't do anyone any good.

On 08/07/2016 08:38 AM, Casey Bralla wrote:
> My son lives in Shanghai, and my daughter just moved to Japan.  If it
> wasn't for skype, we'd never see either of them.
> 
> The Windows version of Skype can do 3-way video conferencing, while
> the linux version could only do audio-only conferences.
> 
> MS has released an alpha-version of the linux version that brings
> linux up to windows feature compatibility.  I'm looking forward to
> getting it to work.
> 
> What we __REALLY__ need is an open standards video conference.   Too
> bad Apple has not opened facetalk (or whatever they call their
> system).
> 
> Like Rich, I am sure the Chinese authorities are listening in, but
> there's not too much we say that will interest them.   I'm often
> tempted to simply say words like "plutonium" and "allah akbar", or
> something that sounds like a code phrase ("the rooster crowed at
> midnight, but Simon says the package will arrive Tuesday").  Our NSA
> probably listens with computers, but knowing the Chinese, they've got
> an army of folks listening with earphones.     This might make
> somebody's day!
> 
> On Sunday, August 07, 2016 07:56:27 AM Michael Leone wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 12:03 AM, Rich Mingin (PLUG) <plug@frags.us>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I've been using it throughout, as it's cheap/free for what I use
>>> it for, and I'm unconcerned about security. If you want to listen
>>> to me and some of my friends talking while we play games online,
>>> let me know and I'll invite you. It's spellbinding.
>> 
>> Now, that's funny. LOL

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