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hobarrera on Aug 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype rep...

How is it superior to existing IM protocols (eg: XMPP)?

The article comapres it to skype, which is popular, but, techonologically, one of the worst protocols around.

irungentoo on Aug 2, 2014 [–]

Tox is distributed meaning there are no central servers.

Also, encryption is mandatory.

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