Endless Paradigm

Quote:A patent application published by the USPTO last Thursday reveals that Microsoft has been researching, since before December 2009, how to redirect VoIP calls to intercept devices and law enforcement agents. The method disclosed by the patent application is devious—subverting routing protocols so that packets sent by any person tagged by a monitoring request will be routed through a recording agent. The application discloses "gaming systems, instant messaging protocols that transmit audio, Skype and Skype-like applications, meeting software, video conferencing software, and the like" as technologies that can use this method. In other words, Microsoft has reason to believe that their interception method can be applied to the newly acquired Skype (recently deployed in Congress), Xbox 360, and the video conferencing features in Office 365.

Well, I'm never using Skype again.

Source: http://softwarefreedom.org/blog/2011/jun/29/Office-365/

raises the purchase of skype in a whole new light now

hmmm definetly something to question. Might stop using more

roberth Wrote: [ -> ]raises the purchase of skype in a whole new light now

Definitely seems like the had this planned, since the article says the started working on the technology a year and a half ago.

Implying Skype wasn't already monitored. Wireshark it some time.

I never used Skype.  Was going to start using it, because most of my friends use it, but eh... now I don't want to :/

Joomla12 Wrote: [ -> ]Implying Skype wasn't already monitored. Wireshark it some time.

True, but it wasn't Microsoft monitoring it before.

Seems like they're trying to be more like Google; tracking everything everyone on the planet does.

I feel like this breaches some kind of privacy law.

Joomla12 Wrote: [ -> ]I feel like this breaches some kind of privacy law.

Without user consent, it probably does. >.>

They'll probably hide something in the EULA.

I don't use Skype...