The convention of most of the users went wrong when Ars Technica came up with news revealing the security issues in Skype. Readers have been holding a conviction that messages sent across Skype are all confidential. However reports by Ars Technica proved them to be wrong. It has turned down the myths that messages that are delivered to the receiver by using an end-to end encryption. The reports say that it is far from the original case. Your communication is being dipped in by Microsoft.
Ars teamed up with Ashkan Soltani and sent across fresh links over Skype. Surprisingly it was found that those links are being accessed by a computer having the IP address that actually belonged to a Microsoft computer. This was done at the time when the links were traversed over Internet. It is surprising news for the readers and also an alarming situation for them. It has been analyzed that Skype messages are send across in such a way that Microsoft is able to study a plaintext within the messages.
However it is still not clear how messages are scrutinized by Microsoft, it can also happen that is scanned for some good purpose. It can also be that end user Skype are sending out signals to Microsoft that can even send snippets so that it is checked by Microsoft. There can be some other interpretation too but it is real to extract contract contents. It has been said that by Matt Green, specialized in Encryption that there is a mismatch that is being delivered by Microsoft and privacy that are being expected by the users.
The encryption specialist said that it might happen that Microsoft is scanning the links for some genuine purpose. This also indicates that it can intercept some of the text messages. It is obvious that Microsoft wants to keep a check how its Skype services are being used and what is being sent across it. It is the duty of the company to make sure that its services are not being misused by Skype. This was the justification for Microsoft, but it is time for the users to be aware that their conversation in Skype is no more confidential.