skype attack

an update to skype will pop up and ask you

Y U USE SKYPE?

Y U USE SKYPE?

yep. some researchers are still stuck there for con calls. i hate it.

randy

welp, at least the nsa can keep trac in real-time.
they have that going for them.

yep. some researchers are still stuck there for con calls. i hate
it.

welp, at least the nsa can keep trac in real-time.

the nsa is not in the researchers' threat model. this is not that kind
of math.

randy

Perhaps (issue created on 6 Dec 2017) relevant:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_accountms-skype_privacyms/skype-suggests-people-from-my-contact-list-to/d8cc03ad-fa15-4de7-8d96-51510615cff4

Perhaps (issue created on 6 Dec 2017) relevant:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_accountms-skype_privacyms/skype-suggests-people-from-my-contact-list-to/d8cc03ad-fa15-4de7-8d96-51510615cff4

perms for contact list is one thing. perms for icloud account is
another. this request is for icloud. they want your appleid!

Why not use jitsi meet?

Free, Open Source, Standards compliant, WebRTC, an instance is hosted by IETF as well...

It's actually perfect for researchers.

https://jitsi.tools.ietf.org/

Cheers,

Mat

Was there meant to be a screenshot or some explanation of what would
be denied here?

As of right now, it seems like I'm missing the details of this, or how
it would pertain to me as a network operator. Maybe I just need more
caffeine.

Cheers.

Why not use jitsi meet?

i am familiar with jitsi. it's fine. but i am trying to get research
done, not teach/preach conferencing to a bunch of researchers.

this was just a warning about an attack through a skype update; not
meant as a discussion of conferencing technologies or an opportunity
for advertisement.

randy

sorry

Was there meant to be a screenshot or some explanation of what would
be denied here?

sorry

seems mailing list filters; so it was not my fault.

try https://archive.psg.com/skype.jpg

randy