Some thoughts

Why security and trust is important.


[politics on]

I rethinking all of this.

In other words, Skype got caught in Egypt to provide not SAME level of security for all skype users.

Think something about not viruses or trojans or local audio channel compromise.

But about MITM attack with uncorrected signed by skype CA suspected users 'skypename' certificate. For allow Man-in-the-middle attacks.

Or better way.
Signed by Skype 'minor update' which contain government spyware code for monitor dissident activity(and stealing they private keys and/or skype passwords). Even more, it not should be a 'signed spyware', but voice codec, with security hole, or something like that. Big brother calling you. Oops. You got owned. Ha-ha!

This is major security breach in encryption infrastructure. Which apparently they allow it. And now was down for this 'unfair' action.

C'est la vie.

P.S. I bet what they 'playing to the end'(endgame) with they 'high prices' eyesdropping solutions.
Which they start providing since Facebook and Twitter revolutions or even more early.

[politics off]

P.S.

So, yet some facts to thinks about Skype Inc(main RSA secret of PKI) - Certificate Authority private key - Compromised.

Compromised by owners.

For money.