advice on this download required guys

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pubiclance said:
Does anyone know if this (http://skype.com/) is full of crap if I
download it
(the free version)
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Skype is the real thing and has made a huge impact in
the VOIP arena. Search ZDNet News for Skype and
you'll have no trouble following the success story.
 
Does anyone know if this (http://skype.com/) is full of crap if I download it
(the free version)

Comments appreciated

Thanks
pubiclance
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Can't really help you - I'd like to know also. Read the EULA and it
leaves you wide open for spy/ad ware. Too many hits on the phrase
"skype spyware" for comfort - although I wasn't able to find a
definitive spyware connection from reading some of the hits.

Skype is bundled with Kazaa and Kazaa is laden with spyware and adware
- that seems to be the only spyware link I could find.

I've used several voice over the internet programs and they do require
some fiddling like mailing your assigned ip address to the person you
wish to speak to, and enabling the software to make it past the
firewall.

Skype claims to make it around firewalls without operator intervention
and the IP address must be some sort of instant messaging type of
arrangements. The firewall tunneling would bother me . . .

I think the jury is out, and I should just wait.
 
Does anyone know if this (http://skype.com/) is full of crap if I download it
(the free version)

Comments appreciated

Thanks
pubiclance
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From the EULA

THE SKYPE SOFTWARE IS UTILIZED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THIRD PARTIES
WHICH ARE UNRELATED TO SKYPER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INSTALLATION OF
THE SKYPE SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED
WITH SKYPER THE ABILITY TO ACCESS YOUR COMPUTER ("OUTSIDE PARTIES").
YOU AGREE THAT SKYPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LOSS
OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AS STATED IN PARAGRAPH
9(a) ABOVE, RESULTING FROM ANY ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF THE OUTSIDE
PARTIES.

(fat chance)
 
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