Can Skype eavesdrop on your calls?

Subject: Can Skype eavesdrop on your calls? Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:00 pm

Does Skype let police and authorities spy on users' conversations? That's the question a wide group of advocacy organisations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as Reporters Without Borders, and many activists and journalists, are asking in an open letter published online.

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The signatories note that Skype, with more than 600 million users, has become "one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies". And many of those users rely on it for sensitive conversations, be it activists living under authoritarian regimes, or journalists talking to sources. In other words, users rely on Skype "for the privacy of their communications and, in some cases, their lives", the letter reads.

In light of that, "it is unfortunate that these users, and those who advise them on best security practices, work in the face of persistently unclear and confusing statements about the confidentiality of Skype conversations, and in particular the access that governments and other third parties have to Skype user data and communications".

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/can-skype-eavesdrop-on-your-calls-20130128-2dfxp.html#ixzz2JJX0XVUH

Can Skype eavesdrop on your calls?

Can Skype eavesdrop on your calls?

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