Re: [Marxism] Skype

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Someone wrote that Skype was designed by the same people who designed
> Kazaa.  Does anyone know if Skype is likely to be a source of malware?
> I have installed it but not used it yet.
> J. D.

I run a spyware detector every day and nothing has turned up subsequent to
installing Skype. Since Skype is a commercial enterprise based on the sale
of Skype-In and Skype-Out (ways to communicate with another party over
regular phones), I doubt that they would try to make money off of spyware
as well.


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