Lorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiNEW: As Skype is about to be shut down, I looked at its most important legacy: giving end-to-end encryption to the masses.
Today, end-to-end encryption is baked into our most used chat apps. In 2003, putting that technology into a popular chat and calling app was nothing short of revolutionary.
And ever since it launched in 2003, Skype freaked out authorities all over the world, from Italy’s cybercrime police, to the Egyptian intelligence service.
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