Skype will be open sourced
in [Cryptography]
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From: Anonymous Remailer (austria) on 3 Nov 2009 13:06 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/open_source_skype/ I hope someone in this NG will take a look at the Skype encryption because I have my doubts about it. The U.S. and China had been given access to the source code a couple of years back and since then they became awfully quiet, which I interpret as them being able to decrypt conversations somehow. Or does anyone have another explanation?
From: Tom St Denis on 3 Nov 2009 14:53 On Nov 3, 1:06 pm, "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmas...(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/open_source_skype/ > > I hope someone in this NG will take a look at the Skype encryption > because I have my doubts about it. The U.S. and China had been given > access to the source code a couple of years back and since then they > became awfully quiet, which I interpret as them being able to decrypt > conversations somehow. > > Or does anyone have another explanation? Nothing you say is of any value to any government. I'd be more worried about corporate interests peeking into your privacy if anything else. Tom
From: Anon on 3 Nov 2009 15:34 On Nov 3, 2:53 pm, Tom St Denis <t...(a)iahu.ca> wrote: > On Nov 3, 1:06 pm, "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" > > <mixmas...(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote: > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/open_source_skype/ > > > I hope someone in this NG will take a look at the Skype encryption > > because I have my doubts about it. The U.S. and China had been given > > access to the source code a couple of years back and since then they > > became awfully quiet, which I interpret as them being able to decrypt > > conversations somehow. > > > Or does anyone have another explanation? > > Nothing you say is of any value to any government. I'd be more > worried about corporate interests peeking into your privacy if > anything else. > > Tom Not entirely true Tom, The US government (and Canada's as well) monitor several land lines and cell phones for "keywords" and only record when these keywords are heard in a certain context. I don't know how much of this is publicized or if it is even legal and against our rights, but then again the government allows themselves to strip our rights in the name of "national security". Briefly, they could be doing the same thing with Skype. Max (http://f33r.com)
From: rossum on 3 Nov 2009 16:01 On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:34:09 -0800 (PST), Anon <haxor.much(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Nov 3, 2:53 pm, Tom St Denis <t...(a)iahu.ca> wrote: >> On Nov 3, 1:06 pm, "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" >> >> <mixmas...(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote: >> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/open_source_skype/ >> >> > I hope someone in this NG will take a look at the Skype encryption >> > because I have my doubts about it. The U.S. and China had been given >> > access to the source code a couple of years back and since then they >> > became awfully quiet, which I interpret as them being able to decrypt >> > conversations somehow. >> >> > Or does anyone have another explanation? >> >> Nothing you say is of any value to any government. I'd be more >> worried about corporate interests peeking into your privacy if >> anything else. >> >> Tom > >Not entirely true Tom, >The US government (and Canada's as well) monitor several land lines >and cell phones for "keywords" and >only record when these keywords are heard in a certain context. I >don't know how much of this is publicized >or if it is even legal and against our rights, but then again the >government allows themselves to strip our rights >in the name of "national security". Briefly, they could be doing the >same thing with Skype. > >Max >(http://f33r.com) We know that governments tap phone lines and mobiles. It is easiest to assume that they are tapping Skype as well; it would be strange if they did not. rossum
From: Tom St Denis on 3 Nov 2009 16:14
On Nov 3, 4:01 pm, rossum <rossu...(a)coldmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:34:09 -0800 (PST), Anon <haxor.m...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >On Nov 3, 2:53 pm, Tom St Denis <t...(a)iahu.ca> wrote: > >> On Nov 3, 1:06 pm, "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" > > >> <mixmas...(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote: > >> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/open_source_skype/ > > >> > I hope someone in this NG will take a look at the Skype encryption > >> > because I have my doubts about it. The U.S. and China had been given > >> > access to the source code a couple of years back and since then they > >> > became awfully quiet, which I interpret as them being able to decrypt > >> > conversations somehow. > > >> > Or does anyone have another explanation? > > >> Nothing you say is of any value to any government. I'd be more > >> worried about corporate interests peeking into your privacy if > >> anything else. > > >> Tom > > >Not entirely true Tom, > >The US government (and Canada's as well) monitor several land lines > >and cell phones for "keywords" and > >only record when these keywords are heard in a certain context. I > >don't know how much of this is publicized > >or if it is even legal and against our rights, but then again the > >government allows themselves to strip our rights > >in the name of "national security". Briefly, they could be doing the > >same thing with Skype. > > >Max > >(http://f33r.com) > > We know that governments tap phone lines and mobiles. It is easiest > to assume that they are tapping Skype as well; it would be strange if > they did not. > > rossum Well my point though is that for 99.999% of people the government can't possibly, even with the most advanced techniques, care any less what you saw at the shopping mall, or how you'll spend hours talking to Jenny on the phone about it. And for the few people out there with actual real secrets they're hopefully smart enough to not mention them over the phone. I'm not saying that tapping lines indiscriminately is right, I'm saying I just don't care about it. Tom |