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Microsoft enables China to spy on Skype users via keyword triggers

Microsoft enables China to spy on Skype users via keyword triggers
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Microsoft
  • University of New Mexico student Jeffrey Knockel claims to have revealed an encrypted list of 1,100+ keywords within China's Skype client, TOM-Skype. This list, containing words like "BBC" and phrases like "Democratic Unionist Party", are suspected to be used for…

U.N. communications body adopts eavesdropping standards

U.N. communications body adopts eavesdropping standards
  • Posted December 5, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Despite concerns voiced by Germany, a number of Internet eavesdropping techniques were approved for use by the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU is the specialized U.N. body charged with the facilitation and regulation of information and communication technologies. Cdt.org provides…

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