Re: [orca-list] working with skype

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi
I hate to break it to you, but if you are online at all, you are being monitored whether by your government, 
a foreign entity, or simply your ISP. Unless you are sending everything, and I do mean everything, over an 
anonymous and encrypted connection, you absolutely will be monitored and even then, you can only control your 
end of the process. Example: your message now was just logged, as there are people on this list with a Gmail 
address. Nothing you could have done would have prevented this save for encryption, which would have made the 
message unreadable to the list. If you're that worried about it, you shouldn't be on listservs, or any other 
public forum and you might as well take yourself offline. You will be logged by at least one entity, 
friends/relatives will not stop using Skype (it's far more convenient than any SIP provider for most users), 
and so you can either use Skype and be part of their online lives or go offline in fear.

On Jun 26, 2013, at 14:21, Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes stommepoes nl> wrote:

> Some of us know that every time we use Skype, we're being listened
> to and recorded. You don't need to have anything to hide to not
> like the NSA and Microsoft keeping records. 
>
> -mallory
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 07:58:18PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well put, Alex. I understand people's reasons for using free and open
> > source software when and where practical, but there are some
> > applications like Skype that really can't be replaced with a free open
> > source solution. I have many friends who use Windows, don't give a
> > hoot about open source, and they use Skype. Point being if I want to
> > talk with them I must be using Skype for Linux, or I'm not talking to
> > them because they aren't going to change to some alternative just
> > because I say so. :D
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