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by acoard
2053 days ago
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>Doesn't Microsoft let the NSA tap into Skype calls? Yes, but it seems like Skype was doing that prior to being acquired (though Microsoft seems to have accelerated things). From some quick Googling to refresh on PRISM – >• In July last year, nine months after Microsoft bought Skype, the NSA boasted that a new capability had tripled the amount of Skype video calls being collected through Prism; >• Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that the agency would be unable to intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal; >Eight months before being bought by Microsoft, Skype joined the Prism program in February 2011. > According to the NSA documents, work had begun on smoothly integrating Skype into Prism in November 2010, but it was not until 4 February 2011 that the company was served with a directive to comply signed by the attorney general. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-... |
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