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Ed Bott just doesn't get it, does he? Skype was originally marketed as having end-to-end encryption. Now, we know that since Microsoft bought Skype they've add
by lambda 13y ago
Ed Bott just doesn't get it, does he?
Skype was originally marketed as having end-to-end encryption. Now, we know that since Microsoft bought Skype they've added wiretapping support, which works by making themselves a man-in-the-middle. They claim they only do this temporarily for people they are actively wiretapping.
This, however, shows that Microsoft regularly MITMs you, for the purpose of evaluating whether links are dangerous. This means that basically all of Skype's former privacy claims are no longer true. They simply regularly look at your unencrypted traffic, which means that they are a target for attackers, governments, and pretty much anyone who wants to eavesdrop or read your messages.
- sigterm 13y agoHow do you know if Microsoft is actually eavesdropping the entire conversation, or it's just the Skype client filtering out URLs in the conversation for additional screening? Sorry if I missed something in the article.
- shuzchen 13y agoThe URLs are being pinged by computers within Microsoft, so even if the filtering was only occurring on the client side (which I doubt) it still makes its way back to MS servers.
- adamconroy 13y agoI wouldn't call this man-in-the-middle, they are the man at both ends and in the middle. MITM usually refers to 3rd parties routing your traffic. So if your ISP or network admin was sniffing your Skype messages, that would be what is generally called MITM.
- iknight 13y agoIts Ed Bott. A part of the Microsoft spin machine. Come on.