I wonder if the same team is still working on skype. On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Christopher Soghoian <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, I've not been able to learn anything from my existing > contacts at Microsoft about Skype. That part of the company seems to be > continuing their long practice of secrecy regarding surveillance issues. > I wonder if the same team is still working on skype. If so, once the team diversifies, it could change how open they are with regards to their security/surveillance/secrecy issues. On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > Skype is not only dangerous from a security by policy perspective, but is > also dangerous from a security by design perspective — whereas they promise > that conversations are encrypted, due to their closed-source nature this > encryption cannot be studied or verified. > Skype is the perfect storm of terrible security by policy, closed source, documented vulnerabilities, and a large dependent userbase. Going open source doesn't solve everything, but it's a great start. ~Griffin -- "What do you think Indians are supposed to look like? What's the real difference between an eagle feather fan and a pink necktie? Not much." ~Sherman Alexie PGP Key etc: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Fontaine
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