Comment on Ask HN: I just heard someone else's call on SkypeparentComments−golergka12yStill very strange. Shouldn't the calls be encrypted? If the other call was started before, and the OP's client wasn't there for the handshake, how could it decrypt the call content?−pmelendez12y"Shouldn't the calls be encrypted?"Calls Skype to Skype are encripted, but as far as I know you lose that when you make calls to landlines or mobiles.−ag-lobal12yStill you encrypt the calls (the comunication line is encrypted)The spy /monitoring software can be running at your computer --thing that is usual-- (so before encrypting...)They don't need to broke any encryption ("NSA style"), only a "bug on windows"...
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Still very strange. Shouldn't the calls be encrypted? If the other call was started before, and the OP's client wasn't there for the handshake, how could it decrypt the call content?
Calls Skype to Skype are encripted, but as far as I know you lose that when you make calls to landlines or mobiles.
Still you encrypt the calls (the comunication line is encrypted)
The spy /monitoring software can be running at your computer --thing that is usual-- (so before encrypting...)
They don't need to broke any encryption ("NSA style"), only a "bug on windows"...