Tag: skype

  • #MorningMonarchy: November 2, 2017

    #MorningMonarchy: November 2, 2017

    Mysterious deaths, cowardly cops and powerful pedophiles + this day in history w/Truman defeats Dewey and our song of the day by Aesop Rock on your Morning Monarchy for November 2, 2017.

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  • Skype TX Promising Pro-Level Broadcast Service

    from theregister.co.uk: TV journalists weary of trying to gather acceptable audio from Skype, your time to celebrate is now: Microsoft is rolling out a high-quality service designed for the broadcast market. If it does what it says on the box, Skype TX (transmitter, geddit?) will stick Microsoft’s elbows in the ribs of the expensive platforms…

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  • Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Skype

    from RT.com: Syrian computer hacker conglomerate, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), has kicked off the New Year with a number of cyber-attacks, compromising Skype’s Twitter, Facebook accounts, and its official blog. Social media accounts belonging to Skype, Microsoft’s voice-over-IP service, were hacked around 19:30 GMT. SEA posted on Skype’s Twitter account a rogue message saying…

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  • Revealed: How #Microsoft handed the #NSA access to encrypted messages

    from guardian.co.uk: Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies…

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  • Skype’s secret Project Chess reportedly helped NSA access customers’ data

    from guardian.co.uk: Skype, the web-based communications company, reportedly set up a secret programme to make it easier for US surveillance agencies to access customers’ information. The programme, called Project Chess and first revealed by the New York Times on Thursday, was said to have been established before Skype was bought by Microsoft in 2011. Microsoft’s…

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  • Microsoft Won’t Say If Skype Has Wiretap Backdoor

    Microsoft Won’t Say If Skype Has Wiretap Backdoor

    The United States government and law enforcement agencies have been trying to force VoIP carriers such as Skype and other digital communications companies to include a backdoor that would allow police and government agencies to institute a wiretap on online communications.

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  • #DataDump: Initial Solar Offering

    #DataDump: Initial Solar Offering

    Solar #Eclipse Blazes #RingOfFire’ This Weekend // FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging // Billion-Dollar City Without Residents to be Built to Test New Technology // Rebekah Brooks charges take the phone-hacking scandal to a new level

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  • 2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living

    2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living

    Scientists trial ‘mind reading’ computer // Window Installed Into a Live Brain // What Will Facebook Do With $10 Billion? // Google changes its privacy policy: Another reminder to use offshore email // FBI spyware not Skype responsible for spilling MegaUpload secrets // Police arrest 5 as hacking scandal spreads to Sun tabloid // NASA…

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  • 1/26 Defcon: Mega-Man, Bigger Brother

    1/26 Defcon: Mega-Man, Bigger Brother

    Mega-man: Bizarre rise & sudden downfall of Kim Dotcom // What is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? // Say NO to ACTA // Big Brother Google Just Got Bigger // Legality of Mobile Phone Tracking Still Unclear Despite Supreme Court GPS Decision // Newt Gingrich wants to make the moon the 51st state // Why crimes…

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  • cyberwar explodes in syria with state dept-funded software ‘psiphon’

    from cnn: A familiar digital chime rang on the computer. Someone was calling via Skype from Syria. It was a law student and opposition activist from the city of Homs who uses the pseudonym Musaab al Hussaini to protect himself from arrest. He had fresh reports that security forces were shooting guns wildly in the…

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  • 10/13 defcon: outage, buyout, lineup

    video: fbi makes arrest after johansson emails hacked* mitsubishi heavy, japanese defense contractor, targeted by over 50 computer viruses* fake netflix app poses data-stealing risk* blackberrys buzz back to life after long outage* dennis ritchie, father of ‘c’ programming language, dies at 70* microsoft skype buyout is officially official* faithful line up as apple’s new…

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  • 9/9 defcon: i9/11, sources & sat crash

    cybercrooks aiming to cash in on 9/11 anniversary* mars rovers carry 9/11 tributes* cia, mossad also targeted in massive diginotar cert breach* scientist stewart nozette pleads guilty to attempted espionage* the spy who tweeted me: intel community wants to monitor social media* video: google raided by south korean anti-trust officials* sources exposed as unredacted state…

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  • 7/7 defcon: the atlantis event & awesome announcements

    atlantis launch will be iconic event, the last of its kind* full range of opinions & emotions surrounds last shuttle flight* video: space shuttle atlantis’ big-screen launch events & tributes* nasa’s dramatic rescue plan in case of shuttle emergency* plans to strip mine the moon may soon be more than just sci-fi* security grifters partner-up…

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  • new world next week – may12

    new world next week – may12

    new world next week: episode073 – skype sellout, alert plan, nle ’11 Welcome back to the New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week: Story #1: Microsoft’s $8b Skype Deal Shocks Analysts…

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