[liberationtech] Call for Open Letter on Skype

[Martin Johnson]

At GreatFire.org, we would be VERY happy to sign such a letter. As we wrote
in
https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2012/dec/china-listening-skype-microsoft-assumes-you-approvewe
believe that the current policy is particularly dangerous to Chinese
users.

We believe that Microsoft should at the very least make the differences
between the regular Skype client and Tom  clear, allow Chinese users the
option to download the regular client, notify Skype users if the user at
the other end is using the Tom Online version of Skype and apologize to all
Skype users for having potentially shared all their private information
with Chinese authorities.


On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Griffin Boyce <griffinboyce at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.cc> wrote:
>>
>> Isn't it time for an open letter regarding Skype?
>>
>
>   Happy to sign the letter, and I certainly think it's timely.  An ongoing
> issue is that some activists just don't realize the risks involved in using
> Skype, or what the concerns of the privacy/security community are.
>
>   Though just to echo what others have said, maybe deadline it in January.
>  America is a country where even atheists take off for the holidays. ;-)
>
> Best,
> Griffin
>
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