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I liked this part "In the case of instant messaging, we have merged the Skype and Windows Messenger message delivery backend services, and this now gets you de
by antocv 13y ago
I liked this part
"In the case of
instant messaging, we have merged the Skype and Windows Messenger message
delivery backend services, and this now gets you delivery of messages even
when the recipient is offline, and other nice features like spam filtering
and malicious URL removal."
And wish to add to that, other nice features like "censorship and loss of privacy."
I remember when I ditched MSN in favor of a what I thought was a secure communications solution, I waved goodbye to Microsoft. Here I am again, my messages routed yet again through their backend.
- atesti 13y agoAnd let's not forget how Microsoft scanned all private urls that were mentioned inside Skype chats recently: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/May/78 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/May/78
- bskap 13y agoUm yes, that's covered in the "malicious URL removal" part. Hard to do malicious URL removal without, you know, looking at the URLs to see if they need to be removed.
- alephnil 13y agoExcept that they only checked HTTPS URLs, and most malicious URLs are on HTTP, which they apparently not checked.
- bskap 13y agoAre you an expert in this domain or are you just parroting what the article said? I can think of at least one reason for a spam filter to contact the computer for an HTTPS request but not for an HTTP request- you want to find out what certificate they're using.