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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MawderzPosted:
Amp_Cruise Doesn't bother me I don't call anyone anyway..
I don't use skype really at all.
I only use it to text chat, rarely call people.
MawderzPosted:
SovietRussiaCruise Doesn't bother me I don't call anyone anyway..
My question is: Would they be able to view video chats? Thats they only creepy part about it, I guess we aren't private :?
If they were able to view video chats that would be perverted.
SovietRussiaPosted:
Cruise Doesn't bother me I don't call anyone anyway..
My question is: Would they be able to view video chats? Thats they only creepy part about it, I guess we aren't private :?
SovietRussiaPosted:
412 This wouldn`t even bother me even if they could listen in
The "normal" everyday person wouldn't mind that much due to the fact that they have nothing to hide.
FrogPosted:
Amp_ It doesn't really bother me.
It's not like they are going to stalk us.
Yeah but some staff may listen on random stupid conversations xP
SovietRussiaPosted:
Amp_ It doesn't really bother me.
It's not like they are going to stalk us.
They will only stalk you if you make them stalk you. :D
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