[Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

Paul Ferguson fergdawgster at mykolab.com
Sun Jan 19 10:29:38 EST 2014


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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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