I cannot say that I am surprised. I would venture the opinion that the government did not even need to buy Skype to use it as an intel tool; rather, they most likely bought out the company because it makes espionage more convenient, judicially, and in terms of PR. "Skype is our company, and we are legally entitled to monitor activities conducted by its users, by the contractual agreement accepted for its use."
Decades ago there were two "superpowers." The US, and the USSR. Now there is only one, and it does intend to maintain its supremacy, by any means necessary.
How much of that money do you think goes into tech?
"One of the documents provided by Snowden said an NSA technique code-named EGOTISTICALGIRAFFE had succeeded in unmasking 24 Tor users in a single weekend. The same operation allowed the NSA to discover the identity of a key propagandist for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as the group’s offshoot in Yemen is known, after he posted information and instructions on the group’s Web site." (Source)
Apparently, the NSA been the most advanced hacking organization for over a decade.
How “omnipotent†hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last.
