I guess it's all eyes on Skype's privacy policy to see how the story unfolds. [1] Acording to the article, this patent predates the acquisition of Skype. I mig

I guess it's all eyes on Skype's privacy policy to see how the story unfolds. [1] Acording to the article, this patent predates the acquisition of Skype. I might be missing some technological detail when I say this, but ever since Google opensourced WebRTC, it would be a bad idea for Microsoft to actually play that card. Then again, the privacy of Skype has been questioned recently [2], and outside of HN that doesn't seem to have had much of an impact. But that technique was tricky in many regards, as opposed to a de facto implementation of gov't eavesdropping right there onto the protocol. [1] http://www.skype.com/intl/en/legal/privacy/general/ http://www.skype.com/intl/en/legal/privacy/general/ [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2590731 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2590731