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Re: GNU/Linux Advice for Replacing Microsoft Skype (with PATRIOT Act Spying)

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____/ Book of Job on Wednesday 06 Jul 2011 12:29 : \____

> JeffM <jeffm_@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1a861b09-d582-4bb7-8f7f-
> 7eb9c44e7227@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> 
>>>the article[...]made no mention of "PATRIOT Act Spying."
>>>Is this one of those "facts" that "everybody knows"?
>>>
>> http://google.com/search?q=Carnivore+NSA
>> 
> 
> I'm aware of what Carnivore is.  I'm also aware that it was
> implemented before the PATRIOT Act was passed, and that it was meant
> to captures *all* traffic on a network--which would mean that the open
> source alternatives are just as susceptible to it as Skype.
> 
> So the question again becomes: is there something specific to Skype
> which allows for "PATRIOT Act Spying"?  Or is this simply FUD?

Skype was based in Europe.

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