Posted organization "Reporters Without Borders" and the "Electronic Frontier Foundation" legal and other dozens of journalists, authorities and privacy advocates and Internet activists, an open letter to the chat service "Skype", a subsidiary of U.S. software "Microsoft", demanding that the company more transparent with respect to data users .
The letter called that was published today "Microsoft" to clarify the data issued by the constantly uncertain about secret talks between users via "Skype", and especially, about the ability of governments and external parties access to data and user connections.
Given that the "Microsoft" plans to shut down the chat service its "Windows Live Messenger" in the middle of March next , and convert users of this service to "Skype", demanded organizations and bodies and Internet activists company to answer their questions, sooner rather than later, how secret their calls and conversations, and dials the user's data.
They also called for those responsible in the "Microsoft" issuing estimating transparency on a regular basis, as do software and services company American Internet "Google".
And across the activists expressed fears related to the program "Skype-TOM" a copy of the "Skype" intended for users in China, which are subject where talks users text of the nomination and surveillance by the Chinese government, and fear activists that their data may pass through the protocols and Khodam service in China, and thus subject to control as well.
Accordingly, activists demanded from "Microsoft" to clarify current operational relationships between service "Skype" Global and Chinese version.
In response to questions, confirmed "Skype" that the Chinese version only and is subject to the nomination and monitor text conversations, depending on the local laws.
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