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Skype encrypts its Skype-to-Skype traffic according to their FAQ.

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA31/does-skype-use-encrypt...

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All lies. Microsoft has all clear text.

Make up a new, random https URL. Something no one knows and no one would accidently hit. Message it to someone on Skype. Wait 5 minutes to see a bot from Microsoft hit your URL.

Well thats disturbing.

Anyone tried that?

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-M...

I have personally verified it's true.

What is your alternative proposal to prevent malware from propagating via Skype?

Don't? This is the wrong layer to apply the fix. Also, this method of spidering/cataloging would only prevent the most naively implemented worm from propagating.

Here is it - https://defuse.ca/microsoft-reads-your-skype-messages.htm

And another thing that worries me is if video chats between two Skype users do/can fall on the wrong hands. Could the video files be pushed to some of those porn websites out there as adult videos XXX????

> All Skype-to-Skype voice, video, file transfers and instant messages are encrypted.

> For instant messages, we use TLS (transport-level security) to encrypt your messages between your Skype client and the chat service in our cloud [...]

As expected, it's just network-level encryption, not end-to-end encryption.

Recent studies showed that links sent via skype are visited from a MS-owned IP address, so that doesn't sound true.

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