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It's OK
A lot of indignation among Internet users was caused by the news that Microsoft may allow intelligence agencies to listen to conversations of Skype users, and will also provide access to their personal correspondence:
Using various encryption mechanisms for several years, Skype remained one of the few services whose data interception was almost impossible. However, according to the Slate resource, the owner has changed Skype's privacy policy, the rules of which show the willingness of the creators to cooperate with law enforcement agencies as closely as possible from a legal and technological point of view.
Subject to Section 3 of Skype's privacy policy, the service and its partners may share personal information, conversation content and/or user data traffic in response to a lawful request from a judicial or law enforcement agency. In addition, instant messages sent by the user will be stored for 30 days, unless another period is requested by government officials. Details
To dispel panic, let me remind you that any telecom operator is required to comply with the CALEA law, which allows law enforcement agencies to listen to conversations under a prosecutor's warrant . This law has been in force in the United States since January 1, 1995, and by 2007 the FBI had invested $39 million in this case. I don’t know whether the FBI cooperates with Russian law enforcement agencies on the issue of wiretapping and data transfer. And why should I care? I do not store or distribute illegal information. If only I have time to find out what is legal in our country today and what is no longer legal.
So...nothing bad happened.