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Although the information is still developing a Chinese software company has reportedly reverse engineered the protocol and encryption used by Skype to make calls over the Internet. This has the possibility of rendering Skypes so called ’secure messaging’ absolutely meaningless. Skype has also taken the position to the US government that they are unwilling and unable to tap phone conversations via Skype, because of this said encryption.

If legitimate, the news could mean that third party Skype clients are on the way. To prove this is possible a screenshot was posted to illustrate the use of a third party client. However, with all screenshots, this should be taken with a grain of salt.

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