Dnia środa, 19 marca 2014 20:36:40 grarpamp pisze:
In connection with using "encrypted, secure connection" Skype for Snowden's imagery at SXSW and TED, as well as encrypted comms with journalists and event organizers, what has led these comsec advisors to believe that all too vulnerable Skype is secure, as well as all too vulnerable popular crypto pushed for journalists?
Is there any indication Snowden has deployed less vulnerable protections which have not been disclosed as backing for his encouragement to trust encryption and to allow Skype to finger his location and leak his comms?
If this was a live conference stream with media types, direct Skype may have been used since: - Training a bunch of idiots to use something secure is a pain. Perhaps traded off with a disposable location and/or that Snowden is now diplomatically safe in Russia. - Tor's network characteristics are usually ok for some voice, but insufficient for live media video.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security http://ashkansoltani.org/?s=skype
That said, Skype is closed source, carries no future guarantees, and has a controversial track record... therefore it should not be trusted under any circumstances. Far better options exist for approaching your private comms needs... https://www.prism-break.org/
I am waiting and giddy for a moment when RetroShare implements video. THey did a pretty good job with VoIP: http://rys.io/en/129 -- Pozdr rysiek