Russian intelligence services still know how to listen to Skype


    This statement was put forward by the Vedomosti newspaper this morning, citing specialists from "information security market participants."

    According to sources, Skype has been tapped since the purchase of the service by Microsoft in 2011. Earlier it was said that Microsoft can transfer the source code of the program to special services, but this official confirmation data was not found.
    However, technically, this became possible not by transferring the source code (if, of course, it was), but due to the fact that suspicious subscribers switch to a special mode in which encryption keys are generated not from the client, but on the server - says Maxim Emm, acting Peak Systems
    Legally, enrollment in a “special regime” can take place not only by court order, but also by simple request - other anonymous sources claim. Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB declined to comment, but one of the Interior Ministry officials said that listening to Skype was not a problem.

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