I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes <a...@acm.org> +1 (817) 271-9619 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira <edu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash <pran...@cis-india.org> > wrote: >> >> "A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they >> are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise >> publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google >> translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, >> including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs >> are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, >> Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam >> and fishing URLs." >> >> [1]: >> <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html> >> [2]: >> <http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html> > > Hello: > > This confirms that the traffic between skype clients is not encrypted > as it was (supposed to be) before Microsoft acquired skype. > > Regards, > > -- > Eduardo > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
