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A series of headlines: 2009 - NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution [1] 2011 - Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion. Why, exactly? [2] 2012 -
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A series of headlines:
2009 - NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution [1]
2011 - Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion. Why, exactly? [2]
2012 - Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft [3]
2013 - Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages Subhead: Skype worked to enable Prism collection of video calls [4]
1. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions_for_skype_pwnage/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions...
2. https://www.wired.com/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype-2/ https://www.wired.com/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype-2/
3. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/skype...
4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-...