[governance] ISPs, PTA lock horns over illegal VoIP

[Meryem Marzouki]

Le 21 juin 09 à 14:31, Milton L Mueller a écrit :

>> -----Original Message-----
>> On the other
>> hand, because they're proprietary, some fear that skype conversation
>> might be listened to for (economic or other kind of) intelligence
>> purpose.
>
> I don't get the connection. "Because the protocols are proprietary"  
> they might be wiretapped? Huh? Whether they are wiretapped or not  
> would seem to have nothing to do with the patent status of the  
> codecs or protocols.

Wiretapped may not be the right word here. But the point is that  
since skype is proprietary, it is difficult to know how it operates,  
and in particular whether or not it allows interceptions of data.  
This fear is increased by the fact that skype uses the P2P  
technology, so one doesn't really know through which servers the data  
are transmitted.
The French ban on skype in universities and research centers was  
issued in Sept. 2005. Right after it was bought by Ebay. ____________________________________________________________
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