On 08/29/2009 12:30 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
[perhaps off topic, but interesting security implications?] I wonder if backdoors are installed to comply with government & law enforcement requirements. In the US, Sen. Jay Rockefeller proposes to allow the POTUS to shutdown public & private Internet for any reason they want? Well back to Skype in the news: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/skype_trojan_source_code/ Fact or hype? FWIW, Dan
More 'In the news...', Skype included... read on down the page where it's possible that Skype can remotely view and listen via your webcam. Guess if one does not know what is proprietarily written in code, it can't hurt you? One could be wrong. I have purged Skype from all of my systems, thanks, but no thanks - Open source please? ;) _http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/1531895/new-breed-spycams-pose-threat-privacy Dan -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
