Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread ITechGeek
Anyone try searching for private links in bing yet? Sent from my iPad On May 14, 2013, at 14:41, Tom Ritter wrote: > Also, it came about two hours after I sent the link to a friend. > > -tom > > On 14 May 2013 14:39, Tom Ritter wrote: >> Tested it, got the following: >> >> HEAD /this_is_a_t

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Ritter
Also, it came about two hours after I sent the link to a friend. -tom On 14 May 2013 14:39, Tom Ritter wrote: > Tested it, got the following: > > HEAD /this_is_a_test2.html HTTP/1.1 from 65.52.100.214 with no User Agent. > > -tom > > > > On 14 May 2013 11:44, Pranesh Prakash wrote: >> Heise Sec

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Ritter
Tested it, got the following: HEAD /this_is_a_test2.html HTTP/1.1 from 65.52.100.214 with no User Agent. -tom On 14 May 2013 11:44, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype > chat.[1] > > Here is the /. lede: > > "A Microsoft server ac

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Guido Witmond
On 14-05-13 18:08, Julian Oliver wrote: ..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Yes, this is correct. Ther

Re: [liberationtech] Has #Iran finally launched the #Halal ‘net?

2013-05-14 Thread Collin Anderson
I am not suggesting this was the intonation of Fabio's comments, but let me preempt an idea that is bound to come up again -- *please* let's not DDoS anything inside of Iran, even if conducted from the inside. The infrastructure of the country is already poorly run and hindered by access to technol

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/05/13 17:08, Julian Oliver wrote: > ..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco > Sanfuentes wrote: >> I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is >> that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the ke

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: > I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that > Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Yes, this is correct. There's a good lesson here in encryption, ke

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
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 +1 (817) 271-9619 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira wrote: >

Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Eduardo Robles Elvira
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash 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

[liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats

2013-05-14 Thread Pranesh Prakash
Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype chat.[1] Here is the /. lede: "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 G

Re: [liberationtech] Has #Iran finally launched the #Halal ‘net?

2013-05-14 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 5/14/13 5:00 PM, Amin Sabeti wrote: The 2013 Iranian presidential election is rapidly approaching, with the first round of voting set to take place on June 14. This election is tipped to be one of the most unpredictable contests in recent years, with the conservative establishment having fra

[liberationtech] Has #Iran finally launched the #Halal ‘net?

2013-05-14 Thread Amin Sabeti
The 2013 Iranian presidential election is rapidly approaching, with the first round of voting set to take place on June 14. This election is tipped to be one of the most unpredictable contests in recent years, with the conservative establishment having fragmented dramatically since 2009. http://sto