Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on Nostr: Skype is getting shut down today. It was certainly one of the most revolutionaries ...

Skype is getting shut down today. It was certainly one of the most revolutionaries chat apps in history.

Skype was the first major chat app to implement end-to-end encryption, prompting authorities all over the world to freak out about it, and look at spyware as a solution.

“Skype calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption,” Skype’s homepage read in 2004. 

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