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Was The Skype Outage Caused By Government Monitoring?
FOSS alternatives recommended for Skype users
Is it paranoid to think that the recent Skype outage was related in some way to government monitoring of the activities of Skype users? Jabari Zakiya over at Free Software Magazine thinks it’s a reasonable possibility. The article points out the fact that recent changes to FISA laws give the government additional monitoring power.
quote:
"The Skype network has been a concern of government intelligence agencies since its inception because it provides a worldwide network of encrypted VoIP calls to potential “terrorists”. So how coincidental is it that 10 days after Bush signs into law a Bill giving the government authority to track foreign calls that go through U.S. networks that Skype, for the first time in its existence, undergoes a massive worldwide outage?"
The article goes on to recommend FOSS alternatives for security protection so that the government can't sit in so easily on your Skype calls.

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ricep5
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ricep5

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Paranoid to the utmost

Just another example of today's society that would rather print speculation and attempt to get non-denials then actually do some legwork and find out what really happened.