Does Facetime for Windows really exist?

bryanb

Tried to download it, after I gave personal details to allow Primark to spam me nothing happened. The site said an email would arrive, to verify my details which would start the download - nothing!
Anyone actually got Facetime on a Windows laptop?

wongataa

Facetime only exists for Apple computers and mobile devices. There is no such thing as Facetime for Windows.

vuvuzela

Hopefully you haven't given them much in the way of personal data, as this is likely to be a scam, Facetime is Apple only.

Daz2009

Facetime is only on Apple.
A similar service on windows would be skype

bryanb

Yes I'm aware of that but I found a a few reputable download sites offering Facetime for windows.

bryanb

vuvuzela wrote: »

Hopefully you haven't given them much in the way of personal data, as this is likely to be a scam, Facetime is Apple only.

Not really, name, Marital status, throwaway email.
Hard to believe how many download sites are offering it if it's a scam.:eek:

silkyuk9

bryanb wrote: »

Not really, name, Marital status, throwaway email.
Hard to believe how many download sites are offering it if it's a scam.:eek:

Its the meail they want a throw away email is good.

I did something similar a while ago using a throw away email, however there is over 100 emails per day from spammers and junksters

bryanb

Have done system restore and now running malwarebytes as a precaution.
Thanks for all the input.

InsideInsurance

Officially no, but it wouldnt be the first time that someone has created a reversed engineered/ hacked version into Apple propriety systems or others.

As an Apple user I've not needed to see if others have done it, certainly used to have a reverse engineered version of AirPlay on my laptop before making the transition. A quick google shows many claiming to have done it but they all the claim to be the only ones that have managed it and with vastly varying filesizes its rings alarm bells that the majority are not going to be real if not all of them being fake

bryanb

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Officially no, but it wouldnt be the first time that someone has created a reversed engineered/ hacked version into Apple propriety systems or others.

As an Apple user I've not needed to see if others have done it, certainly used to have a reverse engineered version of AirPlay on my laptop before making the transition. A quick google shows many claiming to have done it but they all the claim to be the only ones that have managed it and with vastly varying filesizes its rings alarm bells that the majority are not going to be real if not all of them being fake

Yes, it would be useful to me. Wife has iPad, me windows laptop - we could talk to each other!

maurice28

bryanb wrote: »

Yes, it would be useful to me. Wife has iPad, me windows laptop - we could talk to each other!

You could try Skype?