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by gregcmartin 5643 days ago
Most people forget or don't know that Skype was created by the founders of Kazaa and they are hackers (like us) at heart and they built strong encryption into it protecting (actually) the privacy of their users' audio conversations. Skype's encryption has been a heated issue to governments who cannot wiretap Skype for various reasons law enforcement or otherwise.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Skype_securit...

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> Skype's encryption has been a heated issue to governments who cannot wiretap Skype for various reasons law enforcement or otherwise.

China has a customize Skype build called TOM-Skype. It has a built-in "sensitive words" filter and backdoor keylogger.