I hate Skype. So Should You.
Skype is a predatory virus that should be banned from your computer. But don't take my word for it. Look at the facts.
Skype can be and has been hacked. This is exactly what you'd expect from proprietary software and why using it should make you sick to your stomach.
When you run Skype you don't know what it is doing and why. You don't know why, for example, your load (as reported by top) has jumped from under 0.5 to over 3.4. You don't know why you have a sudden jump in network activity. You're unsure as to what data exactly Skype is sending out.
Linux Journal has suggested that Skype should be open-sourced. That would certainly fix most, if not all, of the problems.
However, that article doesn't deal with the one main reason to hate Skype.
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