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For instance, if Microsoft wanted to learn about technical or trade secrets of competitors communicating through Skype (say, a couple of start-up founders), now
by HarshaThota 14y ago
For instance, if Microsoft wanted to learn about technical or trade secrets of competitors communicating through Skype (say, a couple of start-up founders), now they're free to do it.
Is that any different from using, say, Gmail or Google Apps? Not saying that Google is looking at that data but this is a problem with essentially every web-based communication tool. People shouldn't have an expectation of privacy or security just because it's a company they know/like or it's a popular tool.
- pfraze 14y agoIt's a risky situation, if you ask me. Consider the data that tools collect on us: - location and contact history (cell phones) - message history and address book (email, social network) - interests/activities (calendars, event tools, feed subscriptions) - browsing history As an engineer, think about the evil fun you could have with that data. You could really mess somebody up if you didn't like them.
- untog 14y agoWhile technology makes this easier, it isn't new. You could hire a PI to follow the CEO of a competitor. You could break in and bug their offices. None of this is legal, and if discovered there would be a legal case to answer.
- brudgers 14y agoI've long thought that Google's ability to track searches from Microsoft IP addresses was one of the reasons for the development of Bing - i.e. Bing's value is, in part, that it plugs an information leak and siphons other leaks into Microsoft's data mine.