skype isn't as secure as we all believed
 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08...ve_ceo_cuffed/

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So what - if you have something to hide, just stay away from internet in the first place.

Just saying.

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Mr. Romance

What are you talking about.. the internet is the perfect place to hide.

And who thought skype was secure?

:1orglaugh

Sure you are just saying - and along comes the first post with gems of wisdom.

Valid point and interesting link - and worth raising. Although Skype is "supposedly" private - it's no longer in the hands of the original founders, but eBay - a US-based corp. From that piont, all features of "privacy" disappear.

There is a high chance the perp was not traced by tapping, but by credit card transactions - another point of no privacy when the US NSA exists. They have real-time access to any US credit card transactions and, with other agencies, can act in minutes on card data. There are serveral cases where this was obvious - one incident was part of a larger case where an individual of interest drew a modest amount from an ATM and then made an error in going to a sandwich bar next to the bank where he was arrested in under five minutes.

yea, no kidding...

Skype has never been secure as far as protecting your ip location from authorities... Its encryption is not even as secure as they say it is...

I got turned on to Gaim OTR which seems to be pretty secure as far as the encryption keys and what not...

Anyone that thinks you're 100% though with any form of instant messenger is mistaken.. I think the only protection you get from encryption is they need a warrant to attempt to unencrypt it.

Hmmmm. Maybe I should stop sending prive bank info over Skype.