Comments on: Detailed report on PRC.gov monitoring Tom-Skype

By: jumper

jumper — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:16:44 +0000

Thanks for the tip Leumas!

By: Leumas

Leumas — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:23:44 +0000

If you are living in China you can get around Tom-Skype here: http://www.laowise.com/blog/view/10

By: The Dark Visitor » Chinese advance-fee scam via Skype

The Dark Visitor » Chinese advance-fee scam via Skype — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:36:50 +0000

[...] will have to send in a fee of several hundred RMB to collect the prize. I wonder if the officials reading Tom Skype users’ messages are falling for this [...]

By: Freedom’s Herald » Cracking the Great Firewall of China

Freedom’s Herald » Cracking the Great Firewall of China — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:09:19 +0000

[...] on October 15th: The Dark Visitor blog has a link to the detailed report. A direct link to the pdf file is [...]

By: Surprise, surprise: Skype messages censored by the Chinese government at Oliver’s entries

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:46:16 +0000

[...] “It probably isn

By: jumper

jumper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:13:34 +0000

@Peter -

The article that I linked to is pretty clear on that.

By: Peter Parkes (Skype Blogger)

Peter Parkes (Skype Blogger) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:06:41 +0000

Just to confirm – there isn’t, and has never been, a backdoor into Skype itself. Skype-to-Skype communications (i.e. those not involving the TOM-Skype software distributed in China) are, and always have been, completely secure and private.

By: jumper

jumper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:34 +0000

The German and Austrian police have claimed to be able to monitor Skype communications.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/skype_backdoor_rumours/

By: CBRP1R8

CBRP1R8 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:42:20 +0000

Didn’t the German intelligence or police do something simialr to this, a little while ago? I remember reading something along those liines.

By: jumper

jumper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:15:18 +0000

Thanks for the update Peter!