keep track of free VoIP services
Quest details: so many new players in this field it's really getting hard to remember them all. this is going to be a most challenging quest!
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- Will take a bit more setting up, one person runs server, everyone runs client to connect to server and can talk on it. Meant for game playing and limited to 50 users for free version but very good. Used it a lot when playing games and it is very clear sound.
By Sarisar, 2 years 2 weeks ago - web-activated telephony: free local and international calls with your regular phoneBy techblog, 2 years 2 weeks ago
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very interesting
Submitted by techblog on Thu, 2006-08-24 13:10.
well if gibson is worried about it i guess it's probably worth looking into before getting a skype account. then again, i usually consider info from grc.com as hyper-sensitive, sometimes ultra-paranoid, and while the research is always top notch, i have to take it all with a grain of salt. in a real-world scenario, every which way you connect to the internet opens you up (in some way or another) to potential threat. i used to get pretty worried about that, forever tweaking my firewall settings, and following obscure steps to prevent and plug up holes in an effort to reach total security. let me tell you, 4 years later.. it never happpen.
i usually consider the following scenarios when seeking to put these types of privacy issues into context on the internet:
1. most emails are sent in clear text (these sometimes include phone numbers, bank accounts, passwords, etc.) and are routed through multiple email servers before reaching your inbox.
2. all traditional telephone calls a routed and re-routed through other peoples cables and don't think that ma bell hasn't been listening (well maybe she hasn't but she could).
3. any private info you "allow" to be put on the internet could be breached (look at poor AOL customers) even if you (yourself) have taken all the required steps to protect it.
There are ways to encrypt emails before sending them (although i'll admit i never do this) and so i imagine it won't be long before we can do this with VoIP (i'm sure you already can if you build your own home-brew servers). In the end VoIP will probably be considered more secure than traditional telephone lines (just like the voip sound quality is slowly starting to improve over that of telephones).
still, like i said before.. hmmm.. very interesting..
GRC
Submitted by Sarisar on Thu, 2006-08-24 13:49.
 He himself said it doesn't get routed if you set it up on a particular port and allow your firewall to let that port in.
And if you want to encrypt emails just google GPG - the gnu privacy guard for a free way of doing that. Drop me a message if you want to try it - I have it all set up already :PÂ
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Skype
Skype has a habit of using your computer to route other peoples calls through if you're not careful. www.grc.com mentions about it (episode 42 and around 39 I think). This worries me
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