China to ban Skype?
Disturbing reports floating around the blogosphere of government plans to block Skype. Reuters reports that China Telecom has started blacklisting Skype users in the southern city of Shenzhen. China is the third largest market for the voice over IP (VOIP) service and I guess Chinese telecoms aren’t happy.
not just unhappy telecoms facing profit loss– communication on Skype is encrypted. unlike mobile phones and emails, the chinese government cant’ eavesdrop on it.
jace
1 Oct 05 at 3:40 pm