More Skype Back Door Speculation - and my take

tor - Sat, 07/26/2008 - 19:43

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Hm! This is interesting - I suspect that they use a variation on the Skype conference call facility to do this....not difficult...

An anonymous reader writes "According to reports, there may be a back door built into Skype, which allows connections to be bugged. The company has declined to expressly deny the allegations. At a meeting with representatives of ISPs and the Austrian regulator on lawful interception of IP based services held on 25th June, high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior ministry revealed that it is not a problem for them to listen in on Skype conversations."

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