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This is still an optional feature, so like 98%+ of the users will not use, and the other 2% probably won't use it all the time either. Right now only Signal an
by mtgx 9y ago
This is still an optional feature, so like 98%+ of the users will not use, and the other 2% probably won't use it all the time either.
Right now only Signal and WhatsApp enable the end-to-end encryption by default.
Microsoft should remember that they can't use the excuse that "they can't provide law enforcement with the messages" unless the users were also using the E2E mode/Private Conversations.
It would also help if Microsoft stopped supporting voice calls in its main client, too, as that automatically qualifies it as a "telecom provider" in many countries, which means it automatically falls under the same lawful intercept laws that affect telecom providers.
Unless these changes are made, then this news hardly changes anything in regards to Skype messages being intercepted.