Skype in China

People in China using Skype, or people elsewhere using Skype to talk to people in China, should be aware that some conversations are being monitored by the Chinese government. This article explains how this was recently exposed.

The system listens for sensitive terms (mostly political subjects) and logs conversations that meet this requirement. This works differently to how the Germans are doing it.

9 October, 2008 | Filed Under News/Media, Privacy 

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