A month ago (ich!) I received this email from our Computing staff taking the information from the french ministery.

transalion:
"The High eduction and research ministery has decided to ban using the softare Skype (IP voice) and for all institutions depending on the ministery.
Installations on our network is forbidden but this concerns only skype
other sofware with similar services are listed below"
"
Bonjour,

*Le ministère délégué à l'Enseignement supérieur et à la Recherche* a décidé d'interdire l'utilisation du logiciel de voix sur internet (VoIP) *SKYPE* <http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39267873,00.htm> pour tous les établissements relevant de sa tutelle.
Toutes installations et utilisations de ce logiciel sur notre réseau ne sont donc plus autorisées. L'interdiction ne concerne que ce logiciel.

A toutes fins utiles voici ci dessous une liste non exhaustive de logiciels pouvant rendre un service analogue.
"
Apparently ther is a belief of spying from Skype !!
Is it true or is it lobbying from other companies or anti-lobbying???
NO evidence has been shown !!! THat is suspicious!

Personnaly I keep mine ... but it is not often connected!!!

I would be happy to forward to my work list evidence of no spying !
Didier

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Your quotes don't mention any belief that Skype is spying at all. Is it possible that Skype has become a network nuisance? Or is it that they are concerned with the possible security hole punched through their firewalls?

[quote=granger]Your quotes don't mention any belief that Skype is spying at all. Is it possible that Skype has become a network nuisance? Or is it that they are concerned with the possible security hole punched through their firewalls?[/quote]

Encrypted communication may also be considered a 'threat to national security' if one is used to listening in...