I've got Skype on my Mac and rely on it to help stay in touch with my husband. He also uses it to talk to his son in Sweden and son's girlfriend in Korea. (Yes, it's a small world, nowadays.) We've had no apparent security issues.

There's no cost to get the basic Skype, which gives you calls with or without video and/or live text chat (instant messaging) to other people with Skype on their computer. Conference calls without video among people who have Skype are also no-cost. Presumably that's the plan here.

There are charges for calling to phones, or video conference calls ("group video calling"). Skype Premium includes group video calling, and you can get a subscription, or pay per day.



~ Becky in Long Beach