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Re: [Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sat Jan 18 00:41:22 2014
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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 04:27:53 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <52D8DE18.40001@iang.org>
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On 2014-01-17 17:39, ianG wrote:
> So, counterpoint. Skype.
>
> They weren't tricked, they turned -- it was a conscious decision of the
> owners to take the king's shilling somewhere around 2009, before the
> sale to Microsoft.
>
> Skype now tracks the content back to HQ, as was reported by Heise,
> proven by Adam, and leaked by Snowden. Undoubtedly, at SKype HQ in
> Redmond there are friends from Ft Meade with their special fibre link,
> indeed the revelations say as much (can't recall where).
>
> Why is there no boycott on Skype?
Because Skype is not sponsoring a crypto conference. If it was, would
surely be boycotted.
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