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MS reads all your skype according to Heise
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 15 2013 @ 08:11 AM EDT
What if you have conflicting terms of service?

Or what would happen if I said on skype something like

"I believe accessing <url to at&t ipad users> is illegal."

And then MS goes and downloads a list of AT&T's ipad customers.

I can't agree to a terms of service on behalf of AT&T, so MS's access is not
authorized by AT&T. Would that mean MS had violated the CFAA? Would I have
violated the CFAA simply by discussing a specific URL on skype?

These are things congress critters should think about before their next
knee-jerk reaction.

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MS reads all your skype according to Heise
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 15 2013 @ 11:18 AM EDT
So if Agnus agreed to it in the skype terms of use, find a link to your web
server that Agnus is not authorized to use, and sends a message about it to
Betty.

skype accesses the link that you've not given authorization to access.

Both Agnus and Betty agreed to the skype terms of use, but didn't know that
skype is actively using the data in this manner.

Who's the crook responsible for the unauthorized access then, Agnus or skype?

What say it's not Agnus sending the message, but Agnus' 8 year old child, who is
authorized to use Agnus' computer, but has not been given specific instructions
about using or not using skype?

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