Microsoft encrypts Skype messages through Signal

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Microsoft encrypts Skype messages through Signal

New private conversations feature.

Microsoft has partnered with encrypted messaging app Signal to encrypt messages on Skype. The software vendor is the latest to join a growing list of companies including Google and Facebook to encrypt their messaging platforms, Signal's Joshua Lund revealed in a blog post. Through the ...

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