[Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

[James A. Donald]

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.