14 DAY TRIAL // Kim Dotcom, the number one person behind encrypted cloud hosting service Mega, revealed that MegaChat, a browser-based encrypted video call and chat service, would debut soon as the very first real Skype killer.
Few details are available right now, but Kim Dotcom suggested in a series of tweets that Mega's debut in the communications market could have a strong impact on existing solutions, such as Skype, which cannot ensure a high level of privacy protection.
“Mega will soon release a fully encrypted and browser based video call & chat service including high-speed file transfers. Bye bye Skype,” Doctom said in an announcement.
Doctom explained that Microsoft and Skype have absolutely no fault for offering a questionable level of privacy to users because they must obey to a series of laws and regulations that give governments access to personal data.
“No US based online service provider can be trusted with your data. Skype has no choice. They must provide the US Government with backdoors,” he added.
MegaChat coming in early 2015
The concept of browser-based video calls and chats isn't entirely new and several companies have already tried to expand in this sector, including Microsoft itself, which developed a similar solution that works in Internet Explorer.
And still, MegaChat would excel in terms of privacy, DotCom suggests, and will mark “the end of NSA mass surveillance,” as he explains in one of his recent tweets.
Beta invites to MegaChat will be sent in the coming weeks, while a public beta could be released in the first months of 2015.
Skype has often been criticized for providing the United States government with access to user details, but Microsoft defended its case by explaining that no information is provided without a warrant issued by the judge. Microsoft stated that Skype's security and privacy systems do not allow the government to spy on users without the company's approval and this obviously is offered based on a judge order.
There's no doubt, however, that MegaChat is going to grow bigger at a really fast pace since it puts user privacy at the core of everything, so Kim Dotcom might actually be right when he says that everyone's “going to love it.”
Mega will soon release a fully encrypted and browser based video call & chat service including high-speed file transfers. Bye bye Skype :-)
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 29, 2014
No US based online service provider can be trusted with your data. Skype has no choice. They must provide the US Government with backdoors.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 29, 2014