http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/You may also send higher resolution than Skype's HQ : the unofficial Skype HD !!!

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another thought was, couldn't skype change their key or protocol a bit?]]>Jul 16th 2006 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
What was the last original product out of China? Gunpower, which by the way, I'm very fond of.

If this company wanted on open source client to compete with Skype why didn't they invest their time and money in such a product? All this venture ends up doing is ruining the business plan of another company and diluting a good product. Is it any wonder why the rest of the world despises and resists the the business practices coming out of China?

Just remember, you get what you pay for.]]>Jul 16th 2006 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
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ah.. can't skype already do this for free..?

I'm not getting what the big deal is here..

i thought in skype you paid to be able to call actual phone lines from computer.

is peer to peer not cpu > cpu?

anyone?]]>Jul 16th 2006 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Besides being totally wrong on every point, what I really don't appreciate your nationalist & racist perspective. Quit watching lou dobbs and get a clue.]]>Jul 16th 2006 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Now speakin of skype on PSP - there's an interesting idea. Who knows a chinese dude here? =D]]>Jul 16th 2006 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Only for Skype I have to open up the Skype client which makes me open it only when I know I'll need it. Some friends now started to use Skype as a IM replacement and I really don't want to have another application run in the background.

Best would be a Skype plugin for my client so that I could use it together with my other accounts in one clean interface. I hope this means I don't have to wait too long anymore.]]>Jul 16th 2006 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 16th 2006 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Having said that, there are probably some tricks that Skype could use, e.g. requring the the sessions rely upon patented cypto algorithms (so any interoperable client also must license the algorithms)., etc. But knowing what I know about IP law, I have some faith that the courts would see through these corporate tricks, especially when the company in question has a large market share (and in the market for Voice over IP, I reckon Skype would be considered dominant).

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From someone that makes a living writing software I can tell you that anything can be reverse engineered for a price. The cost of doing so is usually slightly less than the investment in development. On this point I'm correct.

China doesn't like paying license fees for technology to the US...do a google search.

My opinion doesn't have anything to do with being nationalistic. Where did you get racist? I don't care where you're from...a theif is a thief.

I'm not looking for your appreciation :-) ]]>Jul 16th 2006 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/First off, Skype is not illegal in China, China is one of Skype's largest markets if not THE LARGEST. Which is probably why chinese engineers are working on making a compatible client.
Secondly, reverse engineering is LEGAL, you dimwit racists. It's legal in China, it's legal in the USA, it's legal in Canada.
Are you idiots so thick that you don't realize that the PC you're probably posting your racist nonsense on has a BIOS that was originally REVERSE ENGINEERED FROM THE IBM BIOS?!!?

Stealing/cracking source code and then using it in your product would be illegal, but you're always free to reverse engineer something compatible-the code isn't the same, but it works with the same things.

Take a look at trillian, if it were illegal to reverse engineer protocols then trillian would be about as illegal as you could get.]]>Jul 17th 2006 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/now if someone please could come up with a javascript skype client that works with wifi gsm mobiles!]]>Jul 17th 2006 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
And you do come across as a racist cock.

You may not be shouting racist abuse, but your small-minded view on things you don't fully understand about a country you talk about like you can generalise the entire population, you just sound like a dick.]]>Jul 17th 2006 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Skypes EULA: "2.3 No Modifications. You will not undertake, cause, permit or authorize the modification, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking of the Skype Software or any part thereof."

And it's true, I'm afraid, that China does not have the concept of Copyright in its laws, which creates big problems for companies shipping software such as Microsoft for example, and Skype!

Anyhow, i think the only advantage of having "cracked skype", is that people will be able to look at how it operates and finally consider and prove/disprove whether or not Skype's encrypting strategy is actually any good. So far, all we knew was that Skype said everything is encrypted, but they hadn't made public their encrypting algorithms (very bad in terms or cryptography issues, if you believe your methods to be secure!)

Another Chris]]>Jul 17th 2006 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
Bryan, a more interesting question might be, if Skype were Apple, how would the Engadget hippie fanboys react?]]>Jul 17th 2006 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/China. I'm not like "you're always being racist", nor did I say I fully understood China.

In fact, I was saying that it's
arrogant of one to make such accusations/generalisations as if they
do.

Sorry for being all paranoid with "teh racism" or
whatever, but it's neither constructive nor well-founded to start making such derogatory comments.

But I should probably cut it out, as I may fall victim to your "teh witty" sarcastic remarks. They're never funny, and all too easy to do.]]>Jul 17th 2006 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
You may not be shouting racist abuse, but your small-minded view on things you don't fully understand about a country you talk about like you can generalise the entire population, you just sound like a dick."

Stop lurking around Moveon.org. Try and formulate your own opinion.

And when you do, shout it out for the world to hear in the heart of Tiananmen Square...and see how long the Chinese will tolerate you before sending in the tanks.

Cheers!]]>Jul 17th 2006 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/
I understand and can tell the difference between the Chinese people and their often oppressive government. I do not agree with the blatant plagiarism and theft that are permitted to run rampant in China, as I don't agree with it running rampant here in the States either. The difference is there is often recourse here in the US. The Chinese government on the other hand doesn't do much until it affects institutional changes they are trying to bring about.

In general no one works for free and the company in question here had to pay someone to do the reverse engineering. From a business perspective this was probably a waste of time, money and talent. I'm coming down on their lack of ingenuity and originality. With a little more effort this company could have produced a competing product and stood to make tons of money and be a symbol of success for China. Now it's just another Chinese knock-off company.

Let's try to keep the name calling and labeling off these boards so that Engadget doesn't shut them down again. Mike and Loi would have been better off responding with anecdotal evidence countering my points. Let this be a lesson not to be baited into an argument.
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RIP OFF! (Of Slashdotting) lol

What does a cracked API mean?

Well. . . Linux could eventually get the Windows-Onyl video feed.

The ARM Linux platform (OpenEmbedded, Sharp Zaurus, Archos Mobile Manager, Motorola E680 and others, Nokia 770, PocketPenguin) Could ALL get Skype clients, when none will be officially made for these devices, owing to them being lower-key than Windows, Mac, and x86 Linux.

The reason the AIM and MSN protocols were cracked in the first place, is because the morons only released binaries for Windows. (Obvious reasons for MS, but why AOL? - Don't tell me about M$ market share.)

Basically, the only reason I care about having an Open Source client, is that it means I might be able to USE skype one day. My systems are not capable of running standard x86 applications, because my systems are not x86.]]>Jul 17th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/Jul 18th 2006 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/skypes-been-cracked/http://webtown.typepad.com/webtown/2006/10/from_russia_wit.html]]>Oct 8th 2006 10:53PM