The 4chan forum is best known as a place to share juvenile and politically incorrect images. It is also one of the last attempts to evade the surveillance program .
When whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the full extent of the NSA last year, members of the tech forum began talking about the need to create a secure alternative to Skype. Soon, they opened a chat room to discuss the plan and created an account with the provider's code, and in collaboration with the website GitHub, they began uploading the code.
They eventually settled on the name Tox, and you can download the original and surprisingly easy-to-use tool now. The tool is part of a broader effort to create secure online communication that is controlled not just by any one company, but by the world at large, an ongoing response to the Snowden revelations. This includes everything from instant messaging to email.
