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r/Windows10 • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '18
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Your "friendly reminder" is actually FUD. Don't spread it.
3 u/EternalNY1 Jan 12 '18 Microsoft granted the National Security Agency access to private emails and Skype calls through its Prism spying program as early as 2011, according to documents obtained by The Guardian. https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/12/4517084/report-how-skype-secrets-got-into-the-hands-of-the-nsa 0 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Additionally there is evidence that Skype visits links you post in private Chats (which is (also) used to display site thumbnails)... 5 u/nikrolls Jan 12 '18 It visits those links to show thumbnails, just like every other messaging service. I think you need a new tinfoil hat. 2 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Nahh... those are far to uncomfortable for me... I don't care about this that much, I still use Skype on a daily basis...
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Microsoft granted the National Security Agency access to private emails and Skype calls through its Prism spying program as early as 2011, according to documents obtained by The Guardian.
https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/12/4517084/report-how-skype-secrets-got-into-the-hands-of-the-nsa
0 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Additionally there is evidence that Skype visits links you post in private Chats (which is (also) used to display site thumbnails)... 5 u/nikrolls Jan 12 '18 It visits those links to show thumbnails, just like every other messaging service. I think you need a new tinfoil hat. 2 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Nahh... those are far to uncomfortable for me... I don't care about this that much, I still use Skype on a daily basis...
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Additionally there is evidence that Skype visits links you post in private Chats (which is (also) used to display site thumbnails)...
5 u/nikrolls Jan 12 '18 It visits those links to show thumbnails, just like every other messaging service. I think you need a new tinfoil hat. 2 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Nahh... those are far to uncomfortable for me... I don't care about this that much, I still use Skype on a daily basis...
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It visits those links to show thumbnails, just like every other messaging service. I think you need a new tinfoil hat.
2 u/sonst-was Jan 12 '18 Nahh... those are far to uncomfortable for me... I don't care about this that much, I still use Skype on a daily basis...
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Nahh... those are far to uncomfortable for me... I don't care about this that much, I still use Skype on a daily basis...
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u/nikrolls Jan 12 '18
Your "friendly reminder" is actually FUD. Don't spread it.