Upgrade to the latest version of Skype for desktop

I dislike that there is no option to stop auto login other than to remember to sign out and forget credentials each time. Turning of auto start still keeps your info. If someone else were to launch it they would have full access to your account. I know, bad enough if they have access to your Windows account, but why give them 2 things?

 

Microsoft won't force you to use the new Skype just yet
August 06, 2018
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-wont-force-you-to-use-the-new-skype-just-yet

 

I just ditched Skype a week ago /

 

Download Skype Classic v7

Code:

https://www.winytips.com/download-skype-classic-7-41-101-7-40-104/

 

Simplicity and familiarity—updates to the Skype user experience
August 31, 2018
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2018/0...liarity-updates-to-the-skype-user-experience/

 

New update from Microsoft means you can now record Skype calls
September 05, 2018
https://betanews.com/2018/09/05/skype-call-recording/

 

Skype 8 still does not support multi-chat windows and no option to hide the overlay window during active calls, it seems.
Well, I'll keep using 7.x while it works, and after that, unless functionality is restored in the 8.x branch, something else.
Mrk

 

Updated blog entry:

 

Skype v8 starts rolling out to more users with many improvements in tow
November 2, 2018
https://www.neowin.net/news/skype-v8-starts-rolling-out-to-more-users-with-many-improvements-in-tow

Spoiler: Improvements

• Show Skype version on the sign-in screen
• Setting for a secondary ringing device
• Advanced webcam settings
• Separate Skype volume control for Mac
• Setting for incoming call notifications for Do Not Disturb mode
• Mute and remove participants in a group call
• Find within the current conversation
• Setting to change text size on desktop
• Global conversation and people search shows more than 20 results
• Setting to customize 'Enter' or 'Return' to send a message or add a line
• Save-as for audio files like mp3
• Hide conversations from chat list
• Setting to disable link previews
• Setting to open links in an external browser (mobile)
• Drag and drop for file sharing
• Setting for allowing Skype to Skype calls only from contacts
• Improved availability status on desktop (idle state detection logic)
• Add and edit phone numbers as contacts
• Split window view (only in the Windows 10 version for now)
• Fixed copy-paste to dialpad (only in the Windows 10 version for now)

 

Where's the multi-chat and the ability to separate calls from chats?
Mrk

 

Why would anyone use this Microsoft/NSA spyware?

 

Stefan, because that's a familiar product as opposed to someone else's tinfoil, which people are not familiar with. How's that?

All your chat are belong to us.

Mrk

 

Mrk, before you start speaking of tinfoil, why don't you take a read of actual disclassified document where they
clearly state that NSA has been spying Skype since 2011 with the PRISM program and when Microsoft bought it
they even helped the agency. This is common knowledge revealed by Snowden and Greenwald in 2013

Code:

https://edwardsnowden.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/media-35530.pdf

Enjoy reading!

Oh, and they never did stop the Prism program.
All your chat belong to us indeed...

 

I know all that. I even had an article on that back in the day.
Makes no difference in the long run.
Mrk

 

Suit yourself. But the undeniable proof is there.
Also, can you explain why Skype needs to know hard drive serial number? (Solution 2)

Code:

https://windowsreport.com/recognize-sign-in-details-skype-windows-10/

 

I am not arguing with the proof:
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/nsa-surveillance.html

I do not care - it's either a or b controlling your data. There's no scenario where no one is.
I can't explain why they need it, nor do I defend that. I just am not bothered.
My privacy/security threshold is different from yours.

Mrk

 

Ah, the classical "I have nothing to hide" argument right?

 

No! Well obviously you've decided what the message is, so why argue.
It's nothing to do with nothing to hide. It's simply: I don't care as much as you do.
Mrk