On 18 Nov 2008 at 16:13, dedtraveller wrote:
> > OOT
> > I read recently that "Skype" users posting to or chatting with users
> of TOM-Skype can expect to have their conversations with the
> > decryption code posted to one or more of eight non-secure servers in
> China. The info came from a group called infowar-monitor and was
> > focused on Asia and China in particular which uses the TOM-Skype
> platform. Go figure if that's the case there that it can likely be
> the case
> > elsewhere ... your "secure" conversations are being read and
> recorded by others than the intended recipient.
> > Regards
> > Tim
>
> Ouch. If it's not too much trouble, would you please send me a link to
> that offlist.
The EFF reported a few weeks back about the Chinese Skype client
being compromised *on purpose* by the Chinese company that created
it under license from Skype. Seems the Chinese government doesn't
want folks having onversations they can't tap.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/chinese-skype-client-hands-
confidential-communicat
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com
> > OOT
> > I read recently that "Skype" users posting to or chatting with users
> of TOM-Skype can expect to have their conversations with the
> > decryption code posted to one or more of eight non-secure servers in
> China. The info came from a group called infowar-monitor and was
> > focused on Asia and China in particular which uses the TOM-Skype
> platform. Go figure if that's the case there that it can likely be
> the case
> > elsewhere ... your "secure" conversations are being read and
> recorded by others than the intended recipient.
> > Regards
> > Tim
>
> Ouch. If it's not too much trouble, would you please send me a link to
> that offlist.
The EFF reported a few weeks back about the Chinese Skype client
being compromised *on purpose* by the Chinese company that created
it under license from Skype. Seems the Chinese government doesn't
want folks having onversations they can't tap.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/chinese-skype-client-hands-
confidential-communicat
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com