You could also convince your employer to use Signal Private Messenger. It's very nice, & I believe it can do anything Skype can do, but it's more trustworthy than Microsoft (who makes Skype). Might not work, but worth a try.
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > I too supply random B-dates and location if required. This is in a hope > that it will prevent matching me to the other clones. > > Do not forget to note the random personal bits and pieces as to be able to > complete later "security" challenges. > > I use KDE, so I need to configure the sound device priorities for > communication apps correctly. Without that the sound/mic would not come out > of the headset. > > Occasionally, when the sound does not work, I resort to pavucontrol to > select the right sound device routing. Other than that things just work for > me .... beside having too low volume and not realizing it, the terrible > not-intuitive user interface.... > > -T > > On Oct 17, 2017 10:38 AM, "David Barr" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The data of my birth was within weeks of the Unix Epoch. I generally use > that date when I don't feel my actual birthdate would be relevant or > useful. Just another option... > > David > > > On Oct 16, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've had some spare time lately and have been working on getting Ubuntu > > MATE working to my satisfaction on a second machine I got months ago at > > ENU (RIP). I am required by the company I do work for to have Skype > > running. On my old machine, running Ubuntu 14,04, I have Skype 4.3. It > > still works just fine, although I don't know if that will continue. On > > the new machine, I had Skype for Linux beta installed. When I tried to > > run it today a window popped up apologizing that it was no longer > > supported. It had a link to a page that only provided the same version. > > > > In frustration, I tried to install the Windows version of Skype on my > > virtual Win7. It only gets as far as a page requiring that I enter my > > birthday. There's no opt out available. I have a philosophical aversion > > to companies requiring personal information that I don't think they > > need, and don't want to give them. > > > > Anyone else using Skype and running into restrictions? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > -- > > David - Offbeat http://pgp.mit.edu/ > dafydd - Online 0xda3f18449337d6b5 > > ----5----1----5----2----5----3----5----4----5----5----5----6----5----7-- > > Dr. Viktor Frankenstein entered into a body building competition > only to find he has seriously misunderstood the objective. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
