Skype president discusses security breach in China

Josh Silverman, Skype’s president, claims that the company was unaware that TOM-Skype, Skype’s partner in China, was logging and storing users’ instant messages that were deemed offensive by the Chinese government.

According to Silverman, the original policy of TOM-Skype was merely to block such messages, as forced by China local laws and regulations, and not to store them.

Skype Technologies S.A. is investigating on the issue.

Links
Josh Silverman’s announcement: http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2008/10/skype_president_addresses_chin.html;
Skype official web site: http://www.skype.com/.