Comments on: Chinese Skype privacy breech

By: Big Brother-like spy net traced back to China | A China Blog on Suzhou Expat Life

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:47:24 +0000

[...] of the Munk Centre team that discovered GhostNet is Nart Villeneuve, who also uncovered that the Chinese version of Skype was spying on its users–I don’t know what we should give this guy first, an award or a bullet-proof [...]

By: Leumas

Leumas — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:42:18 +0000

This is a great post. I have a similar one at http://www.laowise.com/blog/view/10 but I used proxies to get the original version and your links are a much easier and smarter way to bypass the redirection. Good work!

Leumas,
laowise.com

By: J Miglavs

J Miglavs — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:54:19 +0000

I have been using Skype while traveling in China to call USA for more than a week. Then when I arrived in Shanxi provence near the city of Taiyuan, suddenly I can’t dial out except for Skype’s sound tester (which works fine).

I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:13:13 +0000

Have you noticed that your link to the Skype ceo blog has been blocked in China? Those of us in China can’t even read his comments about TOM Skype. Why would Skype put up with this? Why would they sell out and allow their product to be used by the Chinese state to spy on citizens and foreigners communications?

By: Rao

Rao — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:09:31 +0000

if you type:skype.com in China the browser will jump to TOM-SKYPE . but i have downloaded the real skype version.
I wanna improve my english
my skype name is furaograce

By: Blog Roundup 8th October | China-teachers.com

Blog Roundup 8th October | China-teachers.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:40:55 +0000

[...] As an expat in Beijing you always hear of people’s privacy being violated. If you use SKYPE you should read this. here [...]

By: Lady

Lady — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:04:37 +0000

This is scary news man.

I’m just glad that I talk and message my friends in China via cellphone… but then again, who knows if the mobile lines have been tapped. But this is scary…. just adds proof to the theory, that the more connected we are the easier it is to deceive.

I will warn my friends about the Chinese Skype version. Thanks for this information.

By: Using Skype in China? | A China Blog on Suzhou Expat Life | The Humanaught

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:39:17 +0000

[...] skype.tom.com) download of the software, you should check out my most recent post on Lost Laowai: Chinese Skype privacy breech. If you are, or have chatted to anyone using the Chinese-version of Skype, there’s a good [...]

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:21:45 +0000

A good tip, Ryan, to download the generic, international version of Skype, and not the TOM-Skype version.

However, most Chinese users have already got, and use, the TOM version, from all the paid ads and links out there in the chinese webosphere. Skype’s international page seems to have no Chinese version, so inevitably any Chinese who want Skype get corralled into getting the TOM version.

I’ve uninstalled my girlfriend’s version of TOM-Skype, after pointing this out to her, and installed the international version (with Chinese localisation), and recommend anyone reading this to do so too.