I would refrain from using Skype.
He is not secure and is vulnerable.
Topic: Adding you in skype for a job offer (is it safe or not??) - page 3. (Read 1621 times)
i don't think there is a clear-cut answer for this. I'm not a skype user (probably never will be), but i've been asked for my skype details on numerous occasions.
IF i were a skype user, i would probably have denied 75% of those requests, but indulged the other 25%.
You just have to know what you're doing...
- when talking over skype, the other party gets to know what you look like, and how you sound
- he/she can probably deduce your country (native english speaker, accent, people talking on the background)
- the other party can see part of your house/location you're skyping
- don't know if this is fixed (yet), but skype used to lack proper end to end encryption, and they were using central servers
- skype requires a phone number, which can be used to identify you
- there used to be tricks for the other party to discover your home ip address
In some cases, all these 'vulnerabilities' might not be a problem (at all), but in most cases, i wouldn't use skype.
An extra factor is that skype conversations are a bit harder to prove than discussions on the public forum... In case the other party turns out to be a scammer, it might be handy if your conversations were all public.
IF i were a skype user, i would probably have denied 75% of those requests, but indulged the other 25%.
You just have to know what you're doing...
- when talking over skype, the other party gets to know what you look like, and how you sound
- he/she can probably deduce your country (native english speaker, accent, people talking on the background)
- the other party can see part of your house/location you're skyping
- don't know if this is fixed (yet), but skype used to lack proper end to end encryption, and they were using central servers
- skype requires a phone number, which can be used to identify you
- there used to be tricks for the other party to discover your home ip address
In some cases, all these 'vulnerabilities' might not be a problem (at all), but in most cases, i wouldn't use skype.
An extra factor is that skype conversations are a bit harder to prove than discussions on the public forum... In case the other party turns out to be a scammer, it might be handy if your conversations were all public.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
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