Douglas Perkins at 2014-01-17T04:43:26Z
If you're using Skype or Google Voice, now is a good time to switch to SIP. Keep those assholes from snooping on you.
Microsoft's defense of its very close relationship with national intelligence agencies has historically been that it "complies with applicable laws." However, its "compliance" in the past seemed to have exceeded the compliance of other companies, as it offered the NSA pre-encryption access to most of its popular services as well as "working closely" with the agency to allow it to grab both audio and video from Skype, which it acquired in 2011.
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maybe its time i learned more about setting up asterisk - but how would i convince all those relatives to switch to sip?
Therefore, don't quit using proprietary services, or you'll make the NSA's job easier :)
Don't expect your relatives to have to do anything, you set it up for them, and make sure it's as easy to use as the previous phone service, that is they pick up the phone and dial the number.
I pay for my mother's internet connection, as well as phone calls to avoid confusing her. Given the sip calls and landline calls (excluding mobile calls) are pretty much free, that's no big deal.
