I was invited by Al Jazeera International to participate in a roundtable discussion about #privacy and #security as it relates to IoT on the 19th on their show The Stream. Unfortunately, it would have had to have been done via---ironically, given the topic---#Skype (or physically at one of their studios), so I had to decline.

It is important to reject Skype, even if it might help disseminate your message about (say) software freedom, or be good for you professionally. I wrote about Skype back in 2013:

https://mikegerwitz.com/2013/01/Re-Who-Does-Skype-Let-Spy

I encouraged them to raise the issue of Skype during their discussions; this would be a great opportunity for the issue to be highlighted to an audience of non-technical users.