[liberationtech] Has #Iran finally launched the #Halal ‘net?
The 2013 Iranian presidential election is rapidly approaching, with the first round of voting set to take place on June 14. This election is tipped to be one of the most unpredictable contests in recent years, with the conservative establishment having fragmented dramatically since 2009. http://storify.com/smallmedia/has-iran-finally-launched-the-halal-net -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Has #Iran finally launched the #Halal ‘net?
On 5/14/13 5:00 PM, Amin Sabeti wrote: The 2013 Iranian presidential election is rapidly approaching, with the first round of voting set to take place on June 14. This election is tipped to be one of the most unpredictable contests in recent years, with the conservative establishment having fragmented dramatically since 2009. http://storify.com/smallmedia/has-iran-finally-launched-the-halal-net I think that a set of pro-active actions have to be taken, by acquiring hundreds of placeholders from inside in order to trigger help at the right moment. Probably a very big activist controlled botnet would be a valuable tool... maybe a bit aggressive, but possibly very useful! Fabio -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype chat.[1] Here is the /. lede: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html ~ Pranesh -- Pranesh Prakash Policy Director Centre for Internet and Society T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html Hello: This confirms that the traffic between skype clients is not encrypted as it was (supposed to be) before Microsoft acquired skype. Regards, -- Eduardo -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes a...@acm.org +1 (817) 271-9619 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira edu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html Hello: This confirms that the traffic between skype clients is not encrypted as it was (supposed to be) before Microsoft acquired skype. Regards, -- Eduardo -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Yes, this is correct. There's a good lesson here in encryption, key ownership and topology. Cheers, -- Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com http://criticalengineering.org On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira edu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html Hello: This confirms that the traffic between skype clients is not encrypted as it was (supposed to be) before Microsoft acquired skype. Regards, -- Eduardo -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/05/13 17:08, Julian Oliver wrote: ..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Yes, this is correct. There's a good lesson here in encryption, key ownership and topology. Another possible explanation is that the Skype client is submitting the links (but not the entire contents of the chat) to Microsoft. Cheers, Michael -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRkmVHAAoJEBEET9GfxSfMI5sIAIg6N5wwpAGR/Xr5y21H7yGI wCsa/CSdasSdtbS7nd9LgL69uNgAkAg8MoF0MiWiXlJwr0wkDHRC0UC2Byw66WxO HavdjBWkcxtMIub6tNgS/FpsXN72k6Jy4koEKx+T4UafwYO8j+g9BC0ZH17DmJIm 7Meob3gv4/qxlRhjcixYiEpCoVDWE4E9I/PRMxlNOESTi8qgZrBKtShzvbiS0KM7 mrUZCSbPFQ/JFF13d2WpSRHwF+RZ+XGZwM9KpoUcDRSYRORBaNnRya4Snac9s5j+ BtFnESMvNiUp9qsuEuK50GNuzbhhPfBpFeady9hudrNPmOMkKw7IQMlGAJie9iw= =1WWF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
On 14-05-13 18:08, Julian Oliver wrote: ..on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:04:11AM -0500, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: I understand that the Skype traffic IS encrypted. The problem is that Skype itself (and now, Microsoft) holds the key, not the conversants.. Yes, this is correct. There's a good lesson here in encryption, key ownership and topology. Exactly what I'm trying to accomplish with [1]. 1: http://eccentric-authentication.org/ Guido. -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
Tested it, got the following: HEAD /this_is_a_test2.html HTTP/1.1 from 65.52.100.214 with no User Agent. -tom On 14 May 2013 11:44, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype chat.[1] Here is the /. lede: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html ~ Pranesh -- Pranesh Prakash Policy Director Centre for Internet and Society T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
Also, it came about two hours after I sent the link to a friend. -tom On 14 May 2013 14:39, Tom Ritter t...@ritter.vg wrote: Tested it, got the following: HEAD /this_is_a_test2.html HTTP/1.1 from 65.52.100.214 with no User Agent. -tom On 14 May 2013 11:44, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype chat.[1] Here is the /. lede: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html ~ Pranesh -- Pranesh Prakash Policy Director Centre for Internet and Society T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Microsoft Accesses Skype Chats
Anyone try searching for private links in bing yet? Sent from my iPad On May 14, 2013, at 14:41, Tom Ritter t...@ritter.vg wrote: Also, it came about two hours after I sent the link to a friend. -tom On 14 May 2013 14:39, Tom Ritter t...@ritter.vg wrote: Tested it, got the following: HEAD /this_is_a_test2.html HTTP/1.1 from 65.52.100.214 with no User Agent. -tom On 14 May 2013 11:44, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Heise Security is reporting that Microsoft accesses links sent over Skype chat.[1] Here is the /. lede: A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader of Heise publications notified Heise Security (link to German website, Google translation[2]). They replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. When confronted, Microsoft claimed that this is part of an effort to detect and filter spam and fishing URLs. [1]: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html [2]: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html ~ Pranesh -- Pranesh Prakash Policy Director Centre for Internet and Society T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
