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| skype_surveillance [2013-10-12 05:57] – created nik | skype_surveillance [2013-10-12 06:01] (current) – nik |
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| * MS buying Skype for a whooping $8.5 billion, makes it a telecommunications carrier. And under CALEA, "telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment are required to modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure they have built-in surveillance capabilities, allowing federal agencies to monitor all telephone, broadband internet, and VoIP traffic in real-time." ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act)) | * MS buying Skype for a whooping $8.5 billion, makes it a telecommunications carrier. And under CALEA, "telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment are required to modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure they have built-in surveillance capabilities, allowing federal agencies to monitor all telephone, broadband internet, and VoIP traffic in real-time." ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act)) |
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| | * Skype developed a backdoor access system for the NSA before the Microsoft acquisition as part of a secret project involving only a dozen people and created by the government.((http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1gq7x3/skype_developed_a_backdoor_access_system_for_the/)) |
| | * Report: Skype Formed Secret “Project Chess” to Make Chats Available to Government ((http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/20/project_chess_report_says_skype_worked_on_secret_project_to_provide_chats.html)) |
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