India’s government has reiterated to BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion, and other companies providing encryption in their products, that they will have to be open to internal security and intelligence services if they wish to continue operating in the region.
Under this premise, Google and Skype could also be forced to shut down in the country if it cannot provide keys to its services...
To explain the difficulty of allowing a government to access Skype’s communications, one of the worlds leading intelligence organizations, the US National Security Agency, is still offering ‘billions’ for a solution to their eavesdropping needs on the peer-to-peer voice network. (more)
FutureWatch "...corporate parent eBay, having had to write down $1.4bn already following its $2.6bn purchase of Skype back in the bubble-2.0 days of 2005, might see an opportunity here. A billion or two from the NSA for a backdoor into Skype might make the acquisition seem like a sensible idea." (more)
