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More Skype Back Door Speculation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-your-backdoor-man dept.

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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  1. Problematic. by gcnaddict · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you mean the times we spent talking about CP and Terrorism were bugged?

    Ah, shit.

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  2. Re:Get your spelling right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    i always hate the people who mix up the austrian kangaroo with the australian schnitzel.

  3. Does skype like back door action? by mseidl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets find out...

    Do I have a volunteer from the /. audience that wants to bed Skype and see if it's a back door kind of program?

  4. Re:Disassembly anyone? by oodaloop · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Skype is used to listen in on YOU! Oh wait...

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  5. Re:Get your spelling right! by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    "i always hate the people who mix up the austrian kangaroo with the australian schnitzel"

    Speaking as an Aussie there are lots of locals who still manage to confuse "The sound of music" with Guy Sebastian.

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  6. Skypes Own Comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you go to the options of the Skype client under the 'Chat Appearance' settings, do have a look at the sample chat displayed. I quote:

    -Does Big Brother exist?
    -of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the party
    -Does he exist in the same way as I exist?
    -You do not exist
    -I think I exist. I am conscious of my own identity. I was born and I shall die. I have arms and legs. I occupy a particular point in space. No other solid object can occupy the same point simultaneously. In that sense, does Big Brother exist?
    -It is of no importance. He exists.

    To me this is quite conclusive.

  7. Re:Open source VoIP alternatives? by computer_guy57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing wrong with Skype,

    Except that it might have a backdoor... which was kind of the point of this article in the first place.

  8. Re:Brought to you by closed source by g0at · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're promoting terrorism because you're making a stupid "you know that as soon as X happens, people will say Y" doomsaying remark.

    There, saved some time.

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