Skype's Rolling Out End-to-End Encryption For Hundreds of Millions of People

Published: Jan. 12, 2018, 7:59 a.m.

Skype has more than 300 million monthly users, making it one of the most popular chat platforms in the world. Now, they'll all be able to benefit from a crucial privacy protection: Microsoft announced Thursday that Skype will offer end-to-end encryption for audio calls, text, and multimedia messages through a feature called Private Conversations.