Skype is Spy Campaign

There are many reasons to avoid Skype. Among them:

Privacy

2017


 * How I Learned that Skype is a Spy Campaign (My Personal Story) -- by Yuval Levental

2015


 * New NSA Leaks Confirm That Microsoft Skype is a Wiretapping Hub

2014


 * Reader’s Article: Skype Spying Reaches New Levels of Blatant
 * Why Do FOSS Sites Promote NSA-Friendly Malware Like Microsoft Skype?
 * When NSA/PRISM/Microsoft Skype Turns Voice Conversations Into Text in Real Time
 * Skype Chief Executive Quits Microsoft Amid NSA Scandals
 * Microsoft Pays CBS (ZDNet/CNET) Which Calls Snowden a Traitor, ACLU Should Sue Microsoft Over Skype

2013


 * Militarisation of Patent Battles: Militant Patents and Microsoft Spying (Skype, Kinect, Audio/Video Surveillance)
 * Microsoft Control Over Users
 * Skype Back Doors Confirmed, Allegedly Put in by Microsoft
 * Microsoft Surveillance of Over 100,000 Skype Accounts?
 * Microsoft Skype Gives Everyone’s Location, Enabling DDOS Attacks
 * Microsoft Skype Heavily Used for Surveillance by British Government/Secret Services
 * Microsoft Helps Oppress Populations for Profit (and Why Skype Should be Abandoned)
 * Microsoft’s Skype as a Universally-accessible Backdoor, Patent Infringement
 * Microsoft Skype Messaging Surveillance Not the Main Issue, Audio Recording (Bugging) and Computer Hijacking Are
 * Microsoft Spin Regarding Skype Spying Does Not Withstand Scrutiny
 * Skype Teaches Us That All Microsoft Software Should be Assumed Spyware Unless Proven Otherwise
 * With Xbox, Microsoft Helps Spy on Living Rooms, Not Just Personal Space Through Webcam/Microphone (Skype)
 * Glenn Greenwald Should Copy Snowden’s Leak for Wikileaks to Publish in Full in Order to Counter Denials of Microsoft et al. (Updated)
 * Microsoft’s Very Latest Ways of Spying on People Far Worse Than Google’s and Facebook’s
 * Microsoft Was Lying About Skype, It’s More or Less an NSA Honeypot
 * Project Chess Teaches Us That the Government is Indeed Listening to Skype Calls
 * Privacy Crimes of Microsoft Confirmed: Microsoft Colluded With the NSA in Criminal Surveillance (Illegal, Unconstitutional Program)
 * Techrights Was Right About Skype All Along
 * New ACLU Campaign Warns Against Use of Microsoft’s Skype (Audio/Video/Text Surveillance)

2012


 * Microsoft is Breaking the Law by Giving Skype Data to Private Firms, Getting People’s Data (e.g. Web History) Through Facebook
 * New Reports Confirm That Microsoft Skype is Spying on Users, Sharing Personal Data
 * Skype in Microsoft’s Hands Gives NSA Access to International Phonecalls
 * The Skype Interception Campaign

2011


 * Microsoft is Listening to Everyone
 * All Your Communications Belong to Microsoft
 * When Microsoft Tracks Identities and Conversations

Software Freedom


 * When Mono Gets Treated Similarly to Skype (Proprietary)
 * Canonical Adds Skype (Proprietary Software) to the Ubuntu Repository (Corrected)
 * Microsoft Skype Takes Over Machines Without Users’ Knowledge

Competition


 * Nokia Crushed by Microsoft While Windows Mobile Dies. Is Skype Next?
 * What the Skype Takeover Means for Microsoft Patents (and Other Software Patents News)
 * Debt-saddled Microsoft Wastes Money on Skype While the Staff is Leaving
 * Microsoft’s CEO More Likely to Leave After His Disastrous Skype Move
 * Microsoft Skype is Collapsing While Ballmer is Pressured to Resign and More People Flee
 * TechBytes Episode 45: Skype, Facebook, and Weekly Musings
 * A Call to Boycott Skype

Interoperability


 * European Commission Should Also Fine Microsoft for Using Skype to Further Harm Interoperability
 * Microsoft Skype Fights Benevolent API Hacking

Technical


 * Microsoft Makes Skype More User-hostile and Buggy
 * Proprietary Software + Windows = VoIP System Down for Everyone
 * Skype Cracked, All User Accounts Are Vulnerable