Open letter to Microsoft wants more transparency on Skype
tracking  Microsoft officially acquired Skype in 2011 and since
then, the VoIP service has continued to grow in popularity.
However, there have been concerns in the past about how
Microsoft and Skype collect information that is transmitted on
the service, along with what happens with that information once
it is collected. In November, it was revealed that Skype gave a
16-year old’s information to an IT security company, even though
it had no need to do so.  Today, a number of organizations and
individuals, led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, posted
an open letter to Microsoft and Skype. The letter requests that
Microsoft release documents on how Skype collects its user
information and what data has been sent to third parties; other
organizations that have signed the letter include Reporters
Without Borders, and the New America Foundation’s Open
Technology Institute.  The letter states:   So far Microsoft has
yet to respond to the open letter.  S