3rd party alternative to skype
 

I read skypes information gathering policy and I think it is terriable. Is there a skype alternative that will allow me to use the skype network ?

NotInMyBackYard,

That seems ridiculous!

At my advice, never tell your best friend anything you do not want your worst enemy knowning. This includes companies like Skype, Facebook, etc. because they are obviously bigger exploiting disloyal whores than we we could ever be;

I use Skype, what should I avoid ?

^^^you should avoid talking about anything that law enforcement would be interested in hearing :)

"Voip-Pal's Lawful Intercept Patent Pending is part of Voip-Pal's acquisition of Digifonica International Gibraltar ("Digifonica"). Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application is called "Intercepting Voice Over IP Communications and other Data Transmissions" and was filed on November 29, 2007 (US Patent Application 20100150138, link to Digifonica International's USPTO filing). Microsoft Corporation's "Legal Intercept" Patent Application was filed on December 23, 2009 filing (US Patent Application 20110153809, link to Microsoft's USPTO filing), two years after Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application date. There are substantial similarities between Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application and Microsoft's "Legal Intercept" Patent Application...

This technology has been trialed at several relevant agencies in the UK, and complies with the ETSI (European telecommunications Standards Institute) and UK NHIS (National Handover Interface Standard) standards.

Compliance with the ETSI and NHIS standards ensures that the Lawful Intercept technology can be adopted by all European Union member countries who have recently announced a desire to terminate network providers who do not offer Lawful Intercept solutions (this would include service providers such as Skype). India has also made it clear its desire to "kick out" service providers who cannot offer some kind of Lawful Intercept solution."

(microsoft owns skype)

No shit sherlock :1orglaugh Well seems microsoft is equally bad when it comes to privacy like google, possibly even worse.