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Then I start thinking about when Microsoft were being dragged through the competition and monopolies commission in the US, was this the US Government showing Mi
by xedarius 13y ago
Then I start thinking about when Microsoft were being dragged through the competition and monopolies commission in the US, was this the US Government showing Microsoft what would happen if they didn't cooperate.
- Sharlin 13y agoA half-serious conspiracy theory: The feds "encouraged" Microsoft to acquire Skype so as to obtain decrypted access to the communications.
- mafribe 13y agoSkype belonged to EBay before. But I agree, acquiring a global communication provider like Skype makes a lot of sense form a snooper's point of view.
- walls 13y agoIt happened before MS acquired them. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/project-chess-helped-nsa-snoop-your-skype-communications http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/project-chess-hel...