Skype has made changes to the way it routes video calls: in a new, centralized routing model, some of the video calling data is pushed to Skype's own servers, instead of random nodes out in the cloud. Some hackers and privacy bloggers say the change makes it easier for Microsoft-owned Skype (as a proxy for law enforcement) spy on your calls.

  • http://pineappledonut.org Lachlan Musicman

    I’m conflicted. At the moment, Skype (usually unknowingly and certainly undesired) uses peers to help route data. Which is fine in developed nations, but here in the developing world (in my case, Kiribati), where internet bandwidth and speed are as scarce as water and good governance, an already installed, automatically starting on boot Skype installation is a menace – secretly stealing bandwidth and speed we can’t afford to donate.