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Re: [Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Mon Jan 20 11:04:51 2014
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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 07:29:38 -0800
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com>
To: jamesd@echeque.com
In-Reply-To: <52D97629.6030905@echeque.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Reply-To: fergdawgster@mykolab.com
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On 1/17/2014 10:27 AM, James A. Donald wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Yes, that too. ;-)
- - ferg
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Paul Ferguson
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