Last Straw

Send­ing inform­a­tion over the inter­net can be like using post­cards and VoIP (iChat, Skype, Gizmo, Google Talk, etc.) is no exception.

To solve this Phil Zim­mer­mann, the cre­ator of PGP, the most widely used email encryp­tion soft­ware in the world, cre­ated an applic­a­tion for encrypt­ing video and audio calls over the internet.

It’s called Zfone and it’s as easy as start­ing the app up before you begin a call (all people on call need the app). It works with Win­dows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux. The only VoIP app it doesn’t work with is Skype because Skype doesn’t use open stand­ards, unlike every other VoIP app in the world, so you’re bet­ter off without Skype (use iChat, Google Talk, Gizmo or any other option out there).

Highly recom­men­ded, down­load it here.