tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691734586050331721.post7975105480626982955..comments2011-01-20T22:49:32.347-08:00Comments on Non-Linear Response: Skype: a flaw from a secrecy standpointEugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853228720372218354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691734586050331721.post-15779206408144675352011-01-17T00:43:39.334-08:002011-01-17T00:43:39.334-08:00For *most* people, persistent chat history is a go...For *most* people, persistent chat history is a good thing.<br /><br />I can't really remember the exact rules for when I worked for a listed US company (subject to SOX rules) but I do believe that it was a requirement for emails and chat logs to be accessible for retrieval for some set period of time, for legal purposes. If Skype wants to be taken seriously in the corporate marketplace they need to abide by that.<br /><br />That said, those same corporations probably want to be able to get rid of the chats after a set period of time too. As I said, IANAL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691734586050331721.post-51645340403525023462011-01-16T19:39:04.678-08:002011-01-16T19:39:04.678-08:00Wow thats pretty huge. I hope they come through fo...Wow thats pretty huge. I hope they come through for you. Its a shame that its a proprietary thing. Like what if there was a whole bunch of independent skypes that all talked between each other or something? And on open source software. I dunno but I think that would mean that you could just switch to using a skype-like network that offered whatever level of privacy that you wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com