No One is Safe, Microsoft Caught Spying on Skype Messages
Showing blatant disregard for personal privacy, Microsoft has been called out for intercepting, decrypting and reading private Skype conversations. According to a research project by ARS Technica, “The corporation is intercepting, decrypting, and reading at least some Skype messages to the point where URLs embedded in Skype chat are being visited by machines.” Microsoft acquired Skype in an $8 billion takeover and has since eroded the privacy controls that were a hallmark of Skype’s communications platform. Last year the FBI requested backdoor access to allow law enforcement the ability to snoop on individuals Skype conversations. As a Los Angeles iPad…
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