China Spies On Skype Conversations.
Posted on October 4, 2008 at 2:28 pm.
Filed Under Politics, Technology |
A surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include selected political keywords,has been discovered by a group of Canadian human rights-activists and computer experts. The system tracks text messages sent by customers of Tom-Skype, a joint venture between a Chinese wireless operator and Skype. Some of the keywords triggers the monitoring service are “Tibet”, “Communist Party” or “Democracy”. The stored messages also contained internet addresses, user names and other information which could make the senders and recipients easily identifiable. Skype confirmed that Chinese users of Skype have been spied upon and their communications and identities recorded. Skype is owned by eBay.
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