Interesting:
Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything
they write. The H's associates in Germany at heise Security have now
discovered that the Microsoft
subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly
after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs
receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond.
A
reader informed heise Security that he had observed some unusual network
traffic following a Skype instant messaging conversation. The server
indicated a potential replay attack. It turned out that an IP address
which traced back to Microsoft had accessed the HTTPS URLs previously
transmitted over Skype. --Ticker quoting The H's Security
MS' goon squad will utilize whatever you text to access whatever it can.
Nice, eh?
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Good point, Dad. This sort of thing is generally true of ANY online activity. Somebody else can read it. It isn't "private" unless you encode/encrypt it on both ends. Lawyers and bankers are pretty much aware of this, and there are several outfits in business solely to provide the software for such applications.
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