Microsoft won't comment on if Skype can eavesdrop on calls
Now some people claim that those network changes have made it easier for Skype and Microsoft to set up back doors in order for law enforcement authorities to listen in on Skype conversations. There has been more and more pressure from the US and other countries to put in such features in VOIP services such as Skype, as more criminals use these methods to communicate with each other.
Slate.com tried to get Microsoft PR person for Skype, Chaim Haas, to comment on if they now have the ability to listen on Skype chats. Haas reportedly would not give a direct comment, saying only that Skype "co-operates with law enforcement agencies as much as is legally and technically possible."
Last week, as part of its quarterly financial results, Microsoft said that Skype use jumped up 50 percent in the April-June quarter, with a whopping 115 billion minutes worth of calls generated via Skype. Microsoft plans to integrate Skype features in more and more of its products.
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LDNPosted:
I dont have nothing to hide, but its that personal center there invading with your people://
c0dm0dzPosted:
Its obvious that they can, skype is opensource so they can do whatever the hell they. If you don't want the tracking you then don't use it simple.
-DeanoPosted:
tbh I couldn't care less if I was eavesdropped on. If I really wanted something to be private then it would be more important to tell the person face to face than over skype.
OrigamoPosted:
I don't like the thought of Microsoft eavesdropping calls. I can see why they would though.
Third_EyePosted:
SovietRussiaSecrets I could care less. It's not a problem to me.
Just security really.
I also don't really have a problem with it. I don't have anything to hide! :)
Yes, but it's still your privacy. The more you use that, the less privacy you have. And when you do have something to hide, there aren't many options. Let's hope anything people have to hide are just personal things!
I talk about stupid sh*t with my friends on Skype. We really just fool around and talk about gaming. I talk with one of my IRL friends and we just prank on Omegle and Chatroulette and screen share it :) I mean there are a few personal things, but nothing I would care if MICROSOFT found out! :P
Time to say Microsoft eats d*ck in every Skype call
mackanPosted:
FrogBlitz_Gifter is werid that i never new skype was owned by Microsoft.....?
Neither did I! :o
It was actually a Swedish private person that made skype, and about 4-5 mounth ago microsoft bought skype for 100+ millon dollar. :)
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