On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
