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Chinese Skype Client Hands Confidential Communications to Eavesdroppers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Information Warfare Monitor published damning evidence showing that TOM-Skype, the version of the voice and chat program distributed in China not only blocks keywords from chat conversations, but also spies on and remotely reports the contents of Skype us
Skype messes up, badly.
While Skype claims to have fixed the problem, the fact that TOM-Skype was enabling surveillance and privacy breaches in such a shocking manner for a significant period of time demonstrates that eBay/Skype as a company has not placed enough emphasis on pro
Huge System for Web Surveillance Discovered in China
A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words.
Skype: We didn't know about security issues
Skype's president said that the company was largely unaware of a major security breach affecting Skype users in China.
In a blog published Thursday, Josh Silverman, Skype's president, explained he did not realize that TOM-Skype, Skype's partner in China,
China's Eye on Web Chatter
That Chinese Internet companies censor communications is well known, but a new report from a Canadian computer scientist reveals a new front in their efforts to monitor users online. The study shows that users of TOM-Skype, a Chinese voice and chat servic
Data retention law in Thailand-Bangkok Post
From Aug 23, private firms, organisations and government agencies will be required to store all internet traffic data for 90 days so it is available as digital evidence for police. Pol Col Yannapol Youngyuen, commander of the Bureau of Technology and Cybe
China to make foreign firms reveal secret info about digital products
The Chinese government plans to introduce a new system requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products starting from May, sources said Thursday.
The envisaged system is likely to target product
the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) confirms the possibility of a 'Soviet Internet'
EDPS, the European Data Protection Supervisor, points out in its analysis of the Harbour report that amendment 81 gives the possibility of a 'Soviet Internet', where National Regulatory Authorities could impose technological mandates, such as mandatory TP
ENDitorial: Wiretapping - the Swedish way
The Swedish Parliament, Riksdagen, adopted 18 June 2008 a law which obliges all telecom and Internet providers to transfer all communication that passes the Swedish border to Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA), or the National Defence Radio Establishment as it
UK government goes on with its plan for data retention
UK government intends to oblige ISPs and telephone companies to keep Internet personal data traffic for at least 12 months and local, health authorities and lots of other public bodies are to be given access to details of everyone's personal Internet info
The Internet's Biggest Security Hole
Kim Zetter reporting on Wired: Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agenc
India to hack into Blackberry communications?
India seems to be taking a page from Sri Lanka’s own misguided notions of national security and telecommunications. Back in May I wrote about the contest between RIM and the Indian Home Ministry to gain access to the encrypted communications conducted via
Internet, Broadband Companies Admit to Tracking User Behavior Without Explicit Consent
According to a letter released recently by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, several Internet and broadband companies have admitted to using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers. Ellen Nakashima of the Washing
The sticky issue of web security
The openness and freedom of the internet, one of its greatest strengths, has clashed with authority since the earliest days of online communication.
In letting people publish and read whatever they want, the potential for everything from lawbreaking and
Egypt demanding data on cyber cafe users
An Egyptian NGO accuses the Egyptian authorities of forcing cyber cafés to gather personal information on Internet users, saying the measure was a violation of privacy.
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