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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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-wont-comment-on-if-skype-can-eavesdrop-on-calls
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AlbericiPosted:
I think they do like on xbox live partys or so we have been told. Why do they do that?
AR15Posted:
What does it matter if they can or can't? Out government listens to calls 365 day a year.
MawderzPosted:
JtagsCentral the better not be able to eaves drop -_-
Its pretty obvious they can lol.
SovietRussiaPosted:
Herp they should add this to xbox
Xbox live is pretty much already skype. You have unlimited talk for only 60 dollars a year.They even throw in annoying little kids!
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