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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by freshhawk on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @03:24PM (#3915986)
He phrased it like a conspiracy theorist, but it's a little naive to think that intercept capability wasn't a factor in this decision. As far as I know skype was the biggest player in communications that wasn't being completely monitored.
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by mutagen on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @10:52PM (#3917424)
My first thought as well, this is simply a quiet decision to make it easier to comply with sealed warrants.
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by danssig on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @06:45AM (#3918391)
Ideally companies would be making it harder or impossible to comply with sealed warrants.
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by SpiderX on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @05:59PM (#3916569)
Skype went down for a couple days about a year or two ago, as did a few other voip services at around the same time. I suspect this is more than just a single company that is behind it, rather the US government.
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by freshhawk on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:42PM (#3916852)
Sure, it's not a secret that the NSA is the one pulling in all of the data they can get their hands on right now. And they absolutely want all skype traffic, since they already have all internet and phone traffic.
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by dfc on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @01:57AM (#3917803)
What day was this?
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