To the best of my knowledge in Russia (no, I'm not Russian nor have lived there so I'm not 100% sure) you need to submit a copy of the private key if you are operating a website providing encryption on their territory to allow for legal intercept.
They also have other provisions about wiretapping and monitoring which would mean that Skype really has not options if they want to _legally_ operate there... It's just the way the local legislation is rather than a function of how Skype is. They are just following the law. Now if somebody does not like the law there are other ways to approach this but breaking/violating it is usually one that is not effective. I think this discussion is focusing too much into the technical details and forgets a simple detail - doing some of those things to increase privacy may itself be _illegal_ in certain jurisdictions which make this even more fun. It's not impossible but it is usually very difficult to provide technical solutions to political/politics problems. That's of course just my experience :) Cheers, Krassimir On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of sounding rude, crude, and yellow-pressish, I'd like to > provide this link > > http://www.themoscownews.com/russia/20130314/191336455/FSB-Russian-police-could-tap-Skype-without--court-order.html > > If software has a soul, Skype's is long since sold. > > Sincerely yours, > Jane > > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 8:05 AM, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I was a technical expert in a pump and dump spam trial last fall, > >>> and a large part of the evidence was Skype chat logs among the members > >>> of the spamming group. > > > >>Who provided the chat logs? Were they provided by Skype or where they > >>provided by one or the other members? The reason I ask is that if there > >>is any sensitivity in sources, the prosecutors will routinely obscure > >>the sources. > > > > I got them from the prosecutors. They appeared to have been provided > > by Skype. > > > > R's, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > cryptography mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
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