What happened to the hype?

[Loudboy]

whered skype go? no one uses it anymore cause of vent/ts. but those are all pw protected and not everyone can use em.


I dont know. The only people that are on anymore are 2Loud and BillyTheKid.


o, and meh.

well, anyways just wondering why everyone stopped using it as of late.

Thanks,
Loud

 

[blze]

http://www.punxclan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3101&highlight=vent

 

[Loudboy]

yes but how many people use that?

vents personal and i like it. just wonderng y other people stopped

 

[Puppet]

At one time Omni was talking about putting a Skype icon on each profile but Skype wasn't liked by a lot of people. I think the main objective at first was to get a free type of Vent. There were all kinds of problems with using Skype as a vent server so that idea was thrown out, but many of us still stayed on Skype as a sort of AIM with voice capabilities. There weren't that many of us that stuck with it so the next thing that happened was the remainder dropped off one by one. I stick with Trillian now so that I can keep all my contacts together. If I want to go voice, it is usually because I'm talking with LO3 or Punx, so I go to the LO3 Vent server.

 

[blze]

i think a shit ton of people use vent. and i keep meaning to try this
trillian puppet talks about, i forget everytime i get home (pr0n).

 

[Loudboy]

can u pm your vent info blze?

 

[blze]

haha, i just got tawt how to run multi vent:

 

[Puppet]

For those of you who still have Skype, here is a notice that my corporate sent out to all 27000 employees:

Removal of Skype Software Effective Immediately

IT has been instructed to remove/disable Skype software from all computers accessing the corporate network, effective immediately.

IT, in conjunction with the Office of General Counsel, has recognized Skype software as a threat to our intellectual property protection practices and has authorized the removal of the Skype application from all corporate systems. In addition to application removal, the Office of Information Security & Risk Management (OISRM) will now be monitoring and blocking Skype-related traffic to mitigate the threat to the global computer operating environment.

How is Skype a Threat?

Skype enables users to place uncontrolled and unregulated voice calls and chats (Instant Messages) and perform file transfers via the Internet to another end user running the Skype application. Such behavior leaves enterprise organizations open to a variety of liabilities and potential virus infections as well as loss of intellectual property.

Due to Skype’s encryption, it is impossible to monitor the contents of communications via this medium. Additionally, recent Skype software exploits have increased the susceptibility of system compromise for those computers with the Skype application installed.
Preferred Alternatives

Employees should see minimal impact due to the removal of Skype software and are encouraged to use other currently approved methods or services for communications, such as:

Chat: AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ
Telephony: phones, cell phones and VOIP (limited availability)
File transfer: a variety of approved internal methods (i.e. eRoom, file shares)
Encryption: OISRM approved technologies (i.e. PGP, VPN)

Regards,

Office of Information Security & Risk Management